A STUDY OF THE CHANGES IN SERUM POTASSIUM CONCENTRATION WITH SUXAMETHONIUM USING DIFFERENT ANAESTHETIC AGENTS

• Published in: British journal of anaesthesia : BJA Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 516 - 519
• Main Authors: DHANARAJ, V.J., NARAYANAMURTHY, J., SITADEVI, C., RAO, K. MOHAN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.1975; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anesthesia, General; Child; Child, Preschool; Chloroform; Ether; Female; Halothane; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nitrous Oxide; Oxygen; Potassium - blood; Succinylcholine - pharmacology; Thiopental; Trichloroethylene; Tubocurarine

Serum potassium concentrations were measured after administration of suxamethonium (1 mg\kg body wt.) in 101 patients in whom anaesthesia was induced by one of five different techniques. There was a maximum increase in serum potassium of 21.4% following induction with trichloroethylene compared with...