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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

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Crit Care Med. 1991 May;19(5):694-9 Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of potassium replacement infusions in critically ill patients. Setting: Multidisciplinary critical care unit. Over a 13-month period, serum potassium and magnesium levels were measured in 590 patients admitted to a coronary care unit.

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