Life threatening hyperkalemia following cocaine ingestion: a case report.
We present a case of life-threatening hyperkalemia after recreational cocaine ingestion. Acute cocaine-induced rhabdomyolysis led to hyperkalemia, cardiac arrhythmias and cardiogenic shock resulting in multi-organ failure.
Siddiqui
Faisal
F
Department of Anaesthetics, Central Manchester & Manchester Childrens University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK. faisal.siddiqui@cmft.nhs.uk
Slater
Roger
R
Ashraf
Sara
S