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Unusual etiology of hyperkalemia in an immunocompromised patient
M C Newland1, S L Hosman, J R Newland
1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-4455.
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
Hyperkalemia was found in an immunocompromised patient undergoing emergency cystoscopy. The cause of the hyperkalemia was an intraperitoneal rupture of the bladder. This case report discusses conditions that predispose patients to bladder rupture and anesthetic management of hyperkalemia.