Cardiac arrest due to oral potassium intake.
A 29-year-old woman suffered a cardiac arrest, due to profound hyperkalaemia, caused by the use of a potassium-containing salt substitute. She was resuscitated, but post-hypoxic brain damage occurred. Some of the sparse literature is reviewed.
Schim van der Loeff
H J
HJ
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Strack van Schijndel
R J
RJ
Thijs
L G
LG
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D003681:Dehydration / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000150:complications*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000150:complications