TY - JOUR
T1 - Case 17-1977
T2 - Diarrhea, Severe Hypokalemia and Ventricular Irritability in a Hypertensive Woman
AU - Wilson, J. D.
AU - Scully, R. E.
AU - Dickersin, G. R.
PY - 1977/4/28
Y1 - 1977/4/28
N2 - Presentation of Case A 68-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of diarrhea. One year earlier she came to this hospital because of episodes of weakness and was found to have ventricular irritability with runs of ventricular tachycardia that required lidocaine, procainamide, phenytoin sodium, propranolol and potassium chloride infusions for control. The urea nitrogen was 10 mg, and the glucose 105 mg per 100 ml. The sodium was 145 meq, the potassium 1.4 meq, the chloride 94 meq, and the carbon dioxide 31 meq per liter. A specimen of arterial blood, drawn while the patient was breathing room air,.
AB - Presentation of Case A 68-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of diarrhea. One year earlier she came to this hospital because of episodes of weakness and was found to have ventricular irritability with runs of ventricular tachycardia that required lidocaine, procainamide, phenytoin sodium, propranolol and potassium chloride infusions for control. The urea nitrogen was 10 mg, and the glucose 105 mg per 100 ml. The sodium was 145 meq, the potassium 1.4 meq, the chloride 94 meq, and the carbon dioxide 31 meq per liter. A specimen of arterial blood, drawn while the patient was breathing room air,.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197704282961709
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197704282961709
M3 - Article
C2 - 846544
AN - SCOPUS:0017640443
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 296
SP - 988
EP - 994
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 17
ER -