Succinylcholine-induced hyperkalemia in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-282

  Levine, Michael ^a   Brown, David F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperkalemia; intubation; multiple sclerosis; RSI; succinylcholine

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BETA1 INTERFERON; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; ETOMIDATE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE; INSULIN; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; PREDNISONE; RANITIDINE; STEROID; SUXAMETHONIUM; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ANEMIA; ARM; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; DERMATOME; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOREFLEXIA; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PARAPLEGIA; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PH; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYPNEA; TRACHEOSTOMY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84864964776     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.06.062     Document Type: Article

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