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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

If cardiac arrest from hypokalemia is imminent (i.e., As I indicated above, in our cardiac arrest case, after pushing 40 mEq, the K only went up to 4.2 Crit Care Med. 1991 May;19(5):694-9 Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of potassium replacement infusions in critically ill patients.

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