Self-Inflicted Hyperkalemia: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Nathaniel Lisenbee,
Bobby Desai,
Michael Falgiani
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-648X
pISSN - 2090-6498
DOI - 10.1155/2012/458049
Subject(s) - hyperkalemia , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , pill , epidemiology , ingestion , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , medical emergency , general surgery , surgery , pathology , pharmacology
We present a case of a potentially lethal ingestion of potassium pills. After presentation, we briefly review the epidemiology and pathology of hyperkalemia.
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