Fatal hyperkalemia due to rapid red cell transfusion in a critically ill patient

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 258-264

  Tsukamoto, Sakiko ^a   Maruyama, Koichi ^a   Nakagawa, Hideyuki ^a   Iwase, Yoshinori ^a   Kitamura, Akira ^a   Hayashida, Masakazu ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Cardiac arrest; Hemorrhagic shock; Hyperkalemia; Hypocalcemia

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 73449087398     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.76.258     Document Type: Article

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