摘要
The combination use of dexamethasone and calcium gluconate can be applied to hypersensitivity. Severe hypokalemia is a usual complication of dexamethasone and calcium gluconate therapy, which occurs frequently with therapeutic use. Fatal cases, accidental and intentional, occur frequently in forensic practice. The current case report presented a 43-year-old man with diabetes mellitus with infection, to whom dexamethasone and calcium gluconate were administered in the private clinic. With the development of such clinical symptoms of severe hypokalemia as quadriplegia, he was confirmed to have severe hypokalemia through a biochemical test before dying of arrhythmia. And also it presented pathophysiologic mechanism underlying severe hypokalemia as well as suggestions for clinical practice regarding combination use of dexamethasone and calcium gluconate.
The combination use of dexamethasone and calcium gluconate can be applied to hypersensitiv-ity. Severe hypokalemia is a usual complication of dexamethasone and calcium gluconate therapy, whichoccurs frequently with therapeutic use. Fatal cases, accidental and intentional, occur frequently in forensicpractice. The current case report presented a 43-year-old man with diabetes mellitus with infection, towhom dexamethasone and calcium gluconate were administered in the private clinic. With the develop-ment of such clinical symptoms of severe hypokalemia as quadriplegia, he was confirmed to have severehypokalemia through a biochemical test before dying of arrhythmia. And also it presented pathophysio-logic mechanism underlying severe hypokalemia as well as suggestions for clinical practice regardingcombination use of dexamethasone and calcium gluconate.
出处
《法医学杂志》
CAS
CSCD
2014年第4期304-306,共3页
Journal of Forensic Medicine
关键词
法医
医疗工作者
医疗研究
医疗服务
forensic Datho1ogy
hvDokalemia： diabetes mellittts： dexamethasone： calcium luconme
