Literature DB >> 10773516

Cardiac arrest due to succinylcholine-induced hyperkalemia in a patient with wound botulism.

E F Chakravarty1, C M Kirsch, W A Jensen, F T Kagawa.   

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Cardiac arrest due to hyperkalemia is a known complication of succinylcholine administration in patients with neuromuscular disease, extensive burns, and prolonged immobility. We report a case of hyperkalemic cardiac arrest following the administration of succinylcholine in a patient suffering from wound botulism.

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Year:  2000        PMID: 10773516     DOI: 10.1016/s0952-8180(99)00136-1

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Anesth        ISSN: 0952-8180            Impact factor:   9.452


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Review 1.  Hyperkalemia revisited.

Authors:  Walter A Parham; Ali A Mehdirad; Kurt M Biermann; Carey S Fredman
Journal:  Tex Heart Inst J       Date:  2006
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