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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

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He also had a history of chronic kidney disease, stage III. Angio had shown some acute disease in the saphenous vein graft to the posterior descending artery off of the RCA. 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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