Alkalosis and Seizure Due to a Cation-Exchange Resin and Magnesium Hydroxide
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 69 (4) , 497-498
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197604000-00035
Abstract
A patient with chronic renal failure received sodium polystyrene sulfonate and magnesium hydroxide for the treatment of hyperkalemia. This combination therapy produced a severe metabolic alkalosis which, in the presence of the patient's chronic hypocalcemia, precipitated a grand mal seizure.Keywords
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