title: Cardiac arrest from acute hyperkalemia during liver surgery -A case report-.
abstract: We experienced a case of sudden onset of hyperkalemia during liver lobectomy and this was followed by ventricular tachycardia and cardiac arrest. The main cause of this fatality is assumed to be the wide range of surgical manipulation that induced reduced hepatic blood flow and ischemic necrosis of the hepatic cells. We report here on this case and we review the relevant medical literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Su-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ki-Jun
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chul-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Sang-Baeg
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Heo