title: Extreme intraoperative hyperkalemia in a non dialysis patient undergoing kidney transplantation.
abstract: The majority of patients who present for kidney transplantation have end stage renal disease and are on dialysis. Those patients are known to be at risk for the development of hyperkalemia. A patient who has not required dialysis, and with stable potassium levels would not be expected to acutely develop intraoperative hyperkalemia. Presented here is an unusual case in which a 61-year-old man with chronic renal disease but no history of dialysis developed severe intraoperative hyperkalemia during a renal transplant.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, Dept. of Anesthesiology, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
authors.forename: Mia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kazanjian
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Neustein
mesh_terms: D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium