Bolus potassium in frustrated ventricular fibrillation storm: Evidence are growing!

J Card Surg. 2020 Aug;35(8):2117. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14732. Epub 2020 Jul 11.

Authors

Ahmed F Elmahrouk^{1

2}, Ehab Elghaysha^{3

4}, Amr A Arafat², Azzahra Edrees¹, Uthman Aluthman¹, Ahmed A Jamjoom¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
² Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
³ Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CSICU) Cardiovascular Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital, Essex, UK.

PMID: 32652774
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14732

No abstract available

Keywords: arrythmias; electrical storm; extracorporeal membrane oxygenator; potassium chloride; ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aorta / surgery
Arrhythmia, Sinus
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Constriction
Diastole
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Heart Arrest
Humans
Hyperkalemia
Injections, Intravenous
Potassium / blood
Potassium Chloride / administration & dosage*
Ventricular Fibrillation / blood
Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy*

Substances

Potassium Chloride
Potassium