The Association Between Hyperkalemia, Necrotic Bowel, and Cardiac Arrest Episodes: A Case Report
This case report presented the details of the case and outcomes of the relevant literature review to offer insights into how hyperkalemia triggers cardiac arrest and the resuscitation rate of patients with hyperkalemia. This report discusses how conditions such as hyperkalemia and necrotic bowel can lower patients' heart rate, with regard to patients' baseline cardiac condition. This report also justifies the possibility of patients experiencing cardiac arrest episodes before and after chest/abdomen surgeries.
Authors
- Rubin Xu
- Wenli Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6374-1944)
- Muzi Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4732-0899)
- Chunyan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6251-9508)
- Eva Zhang
Institutions
- St. George's University (GD)
- Tianjin First Center Hospital (CN)
- Tianjin Medical University General Hospital (CN)
- Mount Sinai Hospital (US)
- Montefiore Health System (US)
- MemorialCare Health System (US)
- Tianjin Medical University (CN)
- American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (SX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-08-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.66490
- Primary Topic
- Potassium and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00