title: Cardiac arrest due to oral potassium intake.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schim van der Loeff
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Strack van Schijndel
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Thijs
mesh_terms: 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