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Severe hyperkalemia following blood transfusions: Is there a link?

Patients with gastrointestinal bleeding often require large volume blood transfusion. Among the various side effects of blood transfusion, the increase of potassium levels is a serious one which is often overlooked. We report a case of severe hyperkalemia in a patient with gastric bleeding after lar...

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Autores principales: Rizos, Christos V, Milionis, Haralampos J, Elisaf, Moses S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28101452
http://dx.doi.org/10.5527/wjn.v6.i1.53