Open AccessPreoperative Serum Potassium Levels and Perioperative Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery Patients
Author(s) -
Joyce A. Wahr
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.281.23.2203
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , atrial fibrillation , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , odds ratio , cardiology , atrial flutter , cardiac surgery , anesthesia , incidence (geometry) , cardiopulmonary bypass , confidence interval , surgery , resuscitation , physics , optics
Although potassium is critical for normal electrophysiology, the association between abnormal preoperative serum potassium level and perioperative adverse events such as arrhythmias has not been examined rigorously.
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