'Near-miss' hyperkalaemic cardiac arrest associated with rapid blood transfusion

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1094-1096

  Carvalho, B ^a   Quiney, N F ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; hyperkalaemia; Transfusion; complications, stored blood

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; POTASSIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032704948     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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