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Abstract
A patient with chronic renal failure received sodium polystyrene sulfonate and magnesium hydroxide for the treatment of hyperkalemia. This combination therapy produced a severe metabolic alkalosis which, in the presence of the patient's chronic hypocalcemia, precipitated a grand mal seizure.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 817399 DOI: 10.1097/00007611-197604000-00035
Source DB: PubMed Journal: South Med J ISSN: 0038-4348 Impact factor: 0.954