We experienced a case of sudden onset of hyperkalemia during liver lobectomy and this was followed by ventricular tachycardia and cardiac arrest. The main cause of this fatality is assumed to be the wide range of surgical manipulation that induced reduced hepatic blood flow and ischemic necrosis of the hepatic cells. We report here on this case and we review the relevant medical literature. Copyright © 2010 Korean Society of Anesthesiologists.
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Lee, S. H., Kim, K. J., Chang, C. H., & Heo, S. B. (2010). Cardiac arrest from acute hyperkalemia during liver surgery. Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 59(SUPPL.). https://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S124
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