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Cardiac arrest due to hyperkalemia following therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Author(s) -
Wilson Deborah,
Stewart Alan,
Szwed James,
Einhorn Lawrence H.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197705)39:5<2290::aid-cncr2820390550>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperkalemia , hyperuricemia , lymphoblastic leukemia , chemotherapy , economic shortage , cardiotoxicity , intensive care medicine , leukemia , oncology , uric acid , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
A patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a large tumor burden is presented. Following successful chemotherapy, the patient experienced a cardiac arrest presumably due to hyperkalemia in association with hyperuricemia. The implication of these findings for patients with responsive hematological malignancies is discussed.