Improving the safety of high-concentration potassium chloride injection

OBJECTIVES: Serious adverse effects, including arrhythmia and cardiac arrest, result from rapid intravenous high concentration of potassium chloride (KCl). We aimed to eliminate prescription of undiluted KCl and encourage dilution of KCl to 400 mEq/L and 40 mEq/L in the intensive care units (ICUs) a...

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Autores principales: Nakatani, Kaoru, Nakagami-Yamaguchi, Etsuko, Shinoda, Yoshikatsu, Tomita, Shuhei, Nakatani, Tatsuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31259289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000666

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31259289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000666

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