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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102625

POSTOPERATIVE POTASSIUM DEFICIT AND METABOLIC ALKALOSIS. THE PATHOGENIC SIGNIFICANCE OF OPERATIVE TRAUMA AND OF POTASSIUM AND PHOSPHORUS DEPRIVATION

Leonard P. Eliel, Olof H. Pearson, and Frederick C. White

Division of Clinical Investigation, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City

Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York City

2

Damon Runyon Senior Clinical Research Fellow.

3

Present address: Oklahoma Medical Research Institute, Oklahoma City 4, Oklahoma.

4

Research Fellow in the Sloan-Kettering Institute.

1

This study was supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute of the Public Health Service C-925 (C2); jointly by the Office of Naval Research Contract no. N8-onr-66801, and the Atomic Energy Commission, and by a grant from the American Cancer Society.

Find articles by Eliel, L. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Division of Clinical Investigation, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City

Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York City

2

Damon Runyon Senior Clinical Research Fellow.

3

Present address: Oklahoma Medical Research Institute, Oklahoma City 4, Oklahoma.

4

Research Fellow in the Sloan-Kettering Institute.

1

This study was supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute of the Public Health Service C-925 (C2); jointly by the Office of Naval Research Contract no. N8-onr-66801, and the Atomic Energy Commission, and by a grant from the American Cancer Society.

Find articles by Pearson, O. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Division of Clinical Investigation, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City

Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York City

2

Damon Runyon Senior Clinical Research Fellow.

3

Present address: Oklahoma Medical Research Institute, Oklahoma City 4, Oklahoma.

4

Research Fellow in the Sloan-Kettering Institute.

1

This study was supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute of the Public Health Service C-925 (C2); jointly by the Office of Naval Research Contract no. N8-onr-66801, and the Atomic Energy Commission, and by a grant from the American Cancer Society.

Find articles by White, F. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published April 1, 1952 - More info

Published in Volume 31, Issue 4 on April 1, 1952
J Clin Invest. 1952;31(4):419–432. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102625.
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