Gas Exchange in Renal Failure: I--Dangers of Hyperkalaemia during Anaesthesia
- 1 May 1971
- Vol. 2 (5756) , 244-248
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.5756.244
Abstract
Failure to maintain compensatory hyperventilation during anaesthesia in patients with metabolic acidosis results in an increase in PaCO2, fall in blood pH, and a possible rise in plasma potassium. This sequence of events may account for unexplained operative deaths in patients in renal failure.Keywords
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