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Mysterious hyperkalemia and cardiac arrest in a newborn infant undergoing continuous veno-venous hemofiltration dialysis: answer

Authors: Gad Bar-Joseph, Mahdi Tarabia, Michael Halberthal, Ihab Khatib, Israel Eisenstein, Israel Zelikovic

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 7/2008

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Immediately after stabilization of the patient’s condition, all persons involved were debriefed, and all actions preceding the event were painstakingly revised. All solutions, materials and disposables used in the procedure were saved. The clocks of the various instruments were “synchronized” to a single accurate clock time, and all monitor recordings were saved. …

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Title: Mysterious hyperkalemia and cardiac arrest in a newborn infant undergoing continuous veno-venous hemofiltration dialysis: answer
Authors: Gad Bar-Joseph
Mahdi Tarabia
Michael Halberthal
Ihab Khatib
Israel Eisenstein
Israel Zelikovic
Publication date: 01-07-2008
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 7/2008
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-008-0806-1

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