Hyperkalemia accompanies hemorrhagic shock and correlates with mortality

Hyperkalemia accompanies hemorrhagic shock and correlates with mortality

OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to evaluate the effects of terlipressin versus fluid resuscitation with normal saline, hypertonic saline or hypertonic-hyperoncotic hydroxyethyl starch, on hemodynamics, metabolics, blood loss and short-term survival in hemorrhagic shock. METHOD: Twenty-nine pigs w...

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Main Authors: Joel Avancini Rocha Filho, Ricardo Souza Nani, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D'Albuquerque, Carla Augusto Holms, João Plínio Souza Rocha, Luís Marcelo Sá Malbouisson, Marcel Cerqueira César Machado, Maria José Carvalho Carmona, José Otávio Costa Auler Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2009-06-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Hemorrhagic Shock
Hyperkalemia
Cardiac Arrest
Mortality
Trauma
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