TY - JOUR PY - 1988// TI - Cardiac arrest due to oral potassium intake JO - Intensive care medicine A1 - Schim van der Loeff, H. J. A1 - Strack van Schijndel, R. J. A1 - Thijs, L. G. SP - 58 EP - 59 VL - 15 IS - 1 N2 - A 29-year-old woman suffered a cardiac arrest, due to profound hyperkalaemia, caused by the use of a potassium-containing salt substitute. She was resuscitated, but post-hypoxic brain damage occurred. Some of the sparse literature is reviewed.
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