European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 Section 8. Cardiac arrest in special circumstances: Electrolyte abnormalities, poisoning, drowning, accidental hypothermia, hyperthermia, asthma, anaphylaxis, cardiac surgery, trauma, pregnancy, electrocution.

摘要

Electrolyte abnormalities can cause cardiac arrhythmias or car-diopulmonary arrest. Life-threatening arrhythmias are associated most commonly with potassium disorders, particularly hyper-kalaemia, and less commonly with disorders of serum calcium and magnesium. In some cases therapy for life-threatening electrolyte disorders should start before laboratory results become available. The electrolyte values for definitions have been chosen as a guide to clinical decision-making. The precise values that trigger treatment decisions will depend on the patient's clinical condition and rate of change of electrolyte values.