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Hypokalaemia and cardiac arrest complicating vancomycin and furosemide therapy: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Hypokalaemia is an unrecognised complication of vancomycin therapy. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a 68-year-old female with an infected hindquarter amputation site who had incurred severe hypokalaemia with recurrent episodes of cardiac arrest requiring cardioversion shortly after comme...
Autor principal: | Siau, Keith |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cases Network Ltd
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740056/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830061 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8244 |
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