The alterations of plasma potassium in patients with severe acute head injury.
Twenty patients with a severe head injury were studied; 70 per cent of these were admitted with hypokalaemia accompanied by tachycardia and sometimes arrhythmias. These abnormalities are easily corrected by means of a rapid infusion of supplementary potassium.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
D011189:Potassium Chloride; D011188:Potassium