Ventricular tachycardia without preceding electrocardiogram change after hypertonic mannitol administration: a case report

Ventricular tachycardia without preceding electrocardiogram change after hypertonic mannitol administration: a case report

Abstract Background Mannitol is widely used during neurosurgery, but it has a serious complication including lethal arrhythmia due to mannitol-induced hyperkalemia. Case presentation We report on a 62-year-old man scheduled for the clipping of an unruptured cerebral artery aneurysm. During surgery,...

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Main Authors: Akira Gohara, Sumi Okamatsu-Kifuji, Shinjiro Shono, Midoriko Higashi, Ken Yamaura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-07-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
Subjects:
Mannitol
Hyperkalemia
Lethal arrhythmia
Ventricular tachycardia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-018-0191-0

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