title: Cardiopulmonary arrest due to early hyperkalemia after liver injury.
abstract: Hyperkalemia due to crush syndrome after trauma is a well known fatal clinical condition, but early hyperkalemia with hemorrhage after trauma is a rare phenomenon. We report on a 5-year-old boy who bruised from the lumbers, had cardiopulmonary arrest caused by hyperkalemia, and underwent perihepatic packing twice before being discharged without any neurologic deficits. Clinicians should be vigilant for signs of hyperkalemia accompanying hemorrhagic shock, even in the early phase of trauma.
authors.affiliation: Osaka Mishima Emergency Critical Care Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Junna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.affiliation: Osaka Mishima Emergency Critical Care Center, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: 0315shimizu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tetsunosuke
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.affiliation: Osaka Mishima Emergency Critical Care Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kittaka
authors.affiliation: Osaka Mishima Emergency Critical Care Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.affiliation: Osaka Mishima Emergency Critical Care Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akimoto
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003444:Crush Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy