Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 181-189 , August 2009

Evaluation of an Electrolyte Replacement Protocol in an adult Intensive Care Unit: A retrospective before and after analysis

  • Zahra Kanji

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department and Intensive Care Unit, Lions Gate Hospital, 231 East, 15th Street, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V7L 2L7
    • Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Karleen Jung

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Directed Studies student doing her BSc. (Pharm) 2010 in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia.

,Accepted 27 March 2009.

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PII: S0964-3397(09)00027-5

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.03.004

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 181-189 , August 2009

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