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Am J Forensic Med Pathol · Jun 2003
Case ReportsFatal intravenous injection of potassium in hospitalized patients.
- Angela R Wetherton, Tracey S Corey, John J Buchino, and Amy M Burrows.
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucy, USA.
- Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2003 Jun 1;24(2):128-31.
AbstractWe describe 4 cases of fatal intravenous injection of potassium in the hospital setting. These cases illustrate the subtlety of findings in such deaths and remind the forensic pathologist to consider this type of event in sudden, unexpected death of hospitalized patients.
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