Survival after massive overdose of slow-release potassium.
Self-poisoning with potassium salts is uncommon but the consequences are often fatal. Previous reports describe death after ingestion of between 40 and 50 tablets of slow-release potassium but we report a patient who survived after taking approximately 100 tablets.
Colledge
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Neurology Department, Northern General Hospital, Edinburgh.
Northridge
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Fraser
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DM
D000328:Adult; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011188:Potassium / Q000506:poisoning*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000139:chemically induced*
D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D011188:Potassium