A woman with recurrent vomiting and body cramps.
(2015) Emergency Medicine Journal — Vol. 32, n° 12, p. 968 (2015)
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- A 68-year-old woman with pancreatic cancer undergoing chemotherapy presented to the emergency department with a week of vomiting and body cramps. Vital signs were: BP 130/70 mm Hg; HR 80 bpm; RR 14 bpm and oxygen saturation 100% while breathing ambient air. Laboratory investigations showed normal calcium, magnesium and albumin levels; hypokalaemia level at 2.3 mmol/L (normal range 3.5–5.0 mmol/L) and bicarbonate level at 42 mmol/L (normal range 22–29 mmol/L). [...]
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Yildiz, H., & Dupriez, F. (2015). A woman with recurrent vomiting and body cramps. Emergency Medicine Journal, 32(12), 968. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014-204585 (Original work published 2015)