Cardiac arrest after intravenous calcium administration for calcitonin stimulation test

Thyroid

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 606-607

  Russo, Marco ^a   Scollo, Claudia ^a   Padova, Giuseppa ^a   Vigneri, Riccardo ^a   Pellegriti, Gabriella ^a  

^a Garibaldi Nesima Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM;

CALCITONIN STIMULATION TEST; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; SUPINE POSITION; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CALCIUM GLUCONATE; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84896763746     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0394     Document Type: Letter

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