| Literature DB >> 15924984 |
Mervyn Singer1, Flaminia Coluzzi, Alastair O'Brien, Lucie H Clapp.
Abstract
We describe three critically ill patients who received drugs with K(ATP) channel-opening properties and subsequently developed severe life-threatening complications, including hyperkalaemia and cardiovascular disturbances. Administration of the sulfonylurea-receptor inhibitor glibenclamide promptly reversed these abnormalities. Over the past 3 years, we have seen this syndrome and response in five patients taking nicorandil, ciclosporin, or isoflurane, which suggests that this disorder arises more frequently than is currently realised.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15924984 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66619-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321