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Hypokalaemia and cardiac arrest complicating vancomycin and furosemide therapy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Hypokalaemia is an unrecognised complication of vancomycin therapy. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a 68-year-old female with an infected hindquarter amputation site who had incurred severe hypokalaemia with recurrent episodes of cardiac arrest requiring cardioversion shortly after comme...

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Autor principal: Siau, Keith
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830061
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8244