Electrocardiographic QT Prolongation and Sudden Death in Renal Hypokalemic Alkalosis
Electrocardiographic QT Prolongation and Sudden Death in Renal Hypokalemic Alkalosis
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Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG
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English
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Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG
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A 3-year-old boy was found to have a mixed tubulopathy with hypokalemia (1.9 mmol/l), alkalosis (blood pH 7.51, plasma carbon dioxide pressure 46 mm Hg, plasma bicarbonate 35.7 mmol/l) and hypophosphatemia (1.21 mmol/l). An electrocardiogram disclosed a prolonged heart rate corrected QT interval of 490 ms. The boy was put on potassium chloride, pho...
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Electrocardiographic QT Prolongation and Sudden Death in Renal Hypokalemic Alkalosis
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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_12138287
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_12138287
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1660-8151
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2235-3186
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10.1159/000065045
