Acute hyperkalemia as a complication of intravenous therapy with epsilon-aminocaproic acid

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 565-568

  Banerjee, Arna ^a,b   Stoica, Cristina ^a   Walia, Ann ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Epsilon aminocaproic acid; Hyperkalemia; Plasmin; Plasminogen; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SALBUTAMOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL HISTORY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPEUTIC HYPERVENTILATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URINE VOLUME;

6-AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80455174493     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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