Cardiac arrest from acute hyperkalemia during liver surgery: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S124
- Author:
Su Hyun LEE
1
;
Ki Jun KIM
;
Chul Ho CHANG
;
Sang Baeg HEO
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kkj6063@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hyperkalemia;
Liver;
Lobectomy
- MeSH:
Heart Arrest;
Hepatocytes;
Hyperkalemia;
Liver;
Necrosis;
Tachycardia, Ventricular
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2010;59(Suppl):S124-S127
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
