Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 176-189 , September 2007

Electrolyte Emergencies and Acute Renal Failure in Pediatric Critical Care

  • Elizabeth Galloway, MD
    • ,
  • Lesley Doughty, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Lesley Doughty, MD, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH 45229.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.08.012

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 176-189 , September 2007

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