A Case Series of Piperacillin-Tazobactam Induced Hypokalemia in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India
Potassium is an important intracellular cation responsible for action potential generation and normal functioning of muscles. Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia are both dangerous as they cause life threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Piperacillin tazobactam is a commonly used beta-lactam and beta-lactamase...
Main Authors: | Kunder SK, Chogtu B, Avinash A, Pathak A, Patil N, Adiga S |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
2016-01-01
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Series: | Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.ojhas.org/issue56/2015-4-17.html |
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