A Case of Hydrochloric Acid Induced Hyperkalemia.
- Author:
Ju Hyung PARK
1
;
Won KIM
;
Sung Kyew KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Chonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hyperkalemia;
Metabolic Acidosis;
HCl Ingestion
- MeSH:
Acidosis;
Animals;
Eating;
Extracellular Space;
Homeostasis;
Humans;
Hydrochloric Acid*;
Hyperkalemia*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Mortality;
Plasma;
Potassium;
Suicide
- From:Korean Journal of Nephrology
2002;21(1):171-174
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Significant disturbances of potassium homeostasis may cause considerable morbidity and mortality. Prompt recognition and appropriate treatment of these disturbances after acid ingestion could be life- saving. The administration of the mineral acid, HCl to experimental animal is associated with elevation in plasma potassium concentration which have been attributed to shift of the cation from the intracellular to the extracellular space. Authors experienced a case of hyperkalemia after ingestion of 10% HCl 400 mL for suicide in 51-year-old male.
