Life-threatening hyperkalaemia following therapeutic barbiturate coma

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1357-1360

  Cairns, Christopher J ^a   Thomas, Benjamin ^a   Fletcher, Stephen ^b   Parr, Michael J ^b   Finfer, Simon R ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute brain injury; Barbiturate; Hyperkalaemia; Hypokalaemia; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Thiopentone

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; REBOUND; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOSPASM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INJURIES; COMA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THIOPENTAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036042230     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1399-y     Document Type: Article

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