Serum Potassium Changes after Succinylcholine in Patients with Acute Massive Muscle Trauma
1971; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 34; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1097/00000542-197103000-00010
ISSN1528-1175
AutoresLCDR Charles Kopma, LCDR Jack Ratliff, LCDR J. Raymond Fletcher, LCDR Peter Van Tassel, LCDR Rex Stout,
Tópico(s)Potassium and Related Disorders
ResumoThe effect of intravenous succinylcholine on scrum potassium was studied in 21 combat casualties receiving their first anesthesia within three hours of sustaining massive muscle trauma. In 20 of these patients, there were no statistically or physiologically significant increases in serum potassium. In one patient, an increase in serum potassium was apparent ten minutes after injection of succinylcholine, progressing to a peak level of 6.2 mEq/1, 20 minutes after injection. It is uncertain whether succinylcholine caused the hyperkalemia in this patient.
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