title: [Intraoperative hyperkalemia - initial sign of an incipient compartment syndrome?].
abstract: We report the case of a 50 years old male patient who underwent an elective resection of the rectum in the Lloyd-Davis-position. During the surgery, first endoscopically and then by open laparatomy, which lasted 7.5 hours and the following postoperative time, plasma potassium concentration continuously increased up to 6.7 mval/l. On the first postoperative day, a compartment syndrome of the right lower limb was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Anästhesie, Kliniken der Stadt Köln, Krankenhaus Merheim, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Knüttgen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steffens
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doehn
mesh_terms: D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007813:Laparotomy; D007866:Leg / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium