MEDLINE

MEDLINE on this service contains over 4 million citations and abstracts, providing unparalleled access to worldwide biomedical literature. The database contains a broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE contains all records published in Index Medicus and since 2002, most citations previously included in separate NLM specialty databases such as SPACELINE and HISTLINE. Subject content includes anatomy; communication disorders; microbiology; paramedical professions; pathology; physiology; psychiatry; toxicology; dentistry; parasitology; reproductive biology; epidemiology; gene therapy; surgical and pharmaceutical intervention; nursing practice; ethical and legal issues; institutional operations; laboratory techniques and procedures; diagnosis and management; clinical research trials and experimental treatment protocols; legislation and regulation; allied health specialties; continuing education; investigational drugs and new drug uses, and some veterinary medicine.
 

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TI: Title
    Spinal anesthesia for a patient with a calcium channel mutation
    causing hypokalemic periodic paralysis.
AU: Author
    Hecht, M L; Valtysson, B; Hogan, K
AF: Affiliation
    Southern Arizona Anesthesia Services, Tucson, USA.
SO: Source
    Anesthesia and analgesia, 1997 Feb, 84(2):461-4
IS: ISSN
    0003-2999
DE: Descriptors
    Adult; *Anesthesia, Spinal; *Calcium Channels: genetics; Female;
    Humans; *Hypokalemia: genetics; Hysterectomy, Vaginal; Male;
    *Mutation; *Paralyses, Familial Periodic: genetics; Potassium:
    administration & dosage; Preoperative Care
LA: Language
    English
PY: Publication Year
    1997
PT: Publication Type
    Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't,
    Non-P.H.S.
FV: Format Availability
    Print
CP: Country of Publication
    UNITED STATES
RN: Registry Number
    0 (Calcium Channels); 7440-09-7 (Potassium)
LR: Last Revision Date
    20061115
ST: Status
    Medline
UD: Update
    20061201
RO: Record Owner
    National Library of Medicine
SF: Subfile
    Abridged Index Medicus; Index Medicus
AN: Accession Number
    9024050

The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code.

AB = Abstract	JN = Journal Name
AF = Author Affiliation	LA = Language
AN = Accession Number	LR = Last Revision Date
AU = Author	NT = Notes
CP = Country of Publication	OT = Original Title
DB = Databank	PT = Publication Type
DE = Descriptors	PY = Publication Year
EE = Electronic Publication Date	RN = Registry Number
RO = Record Owner	RP = Report Number
FE = Features	SF = Subfile
FV = Format Availability	SM = Space Flight Mission
GI = Grant Information	SO = Source
GS = Gene Symbol	ST = Status
ID = Identifiers	TI = Title
IR = Investigator	UD = Update
IS = ISSN

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