Severe hypokalemia occurring during barbiturate coma therapy in a patient with severe acute head injury [6]

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 883-884

  Ok, S H ^b   Chung, Y W ^b   Solm, Ju Tae ^a   Jung, J M ^b   Chung, Y K ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MANNITOL; POTASSIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ASYSTOLE; BARBITURATE COMA THERAPY; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LOBECTOMY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BARBITURATES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; COMA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; POTASSIUM; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 21744442246     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00728.x     Document Type: Letter

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