Intravenous potassium solution boluses save a life from hypokalemic cardiac arrest

A 21-year-old Taiwanese man, 166  cm in height and 68 kg in weight, presented to the emergency department with generalized weakness, dizziness and vomiting in the morning. The patient had the same episode 1 year previously, at which time hyperthyroidism with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis was diagnosed. The patient had not tak en any medication within the past 2 months.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research