title: [When the resting membrane potential becomes restless. Acute hyperkalemia in the perioperative phase].
abstract: Acute hyperkalemia is a life-threatening event and often occurs abruptly and without warning in the perioperative field. Risk factors are found on multiple levels as they can derive from a patients pre-existing condition or result from the surgical intervention or management of anesthesia. The therapy of hyperkalemia depends on the dimensions of electrolyte disturbance and a distinction can be made between therapeutic measures with a rapid and those with a long-term effect.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20247 Hamburg, Deutschland. c.olotu@uke.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olotu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nitzschke
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kiefmann
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Goetz
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D059035:Perioperative Period; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium