Insulin Therapy in Divided Doses Coupled With Blood Transfusion Versus Large Bolus Doses in Patients at High Risk for Hyperkalemia During Liver Transplantation

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-83

  Xia, Victor W ^a   Obaidi, Rafee ^a   Park, Chulsoo ^a,b   Braunfeld, Michelle ^a   Neelakanta, Gundappa ^a   Nourmand, Hamid ^a   Hu, Ke Qin ^c   Steadman, Randolph H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; hyperkalemia; insulin; liver transplantation; risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BOLUS INJECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74449086547     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.01.032     Document Type: Article

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