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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Mar 2007
Case ReportsHyperkalemia and cardiac arrest following succinylcholine administration in a 16-year-old boy with acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia and sepsis.
To report a case of potentially lethal hyperkalemia related to succinylcholine administration. ⋯ Succinylcholine may cause dangerous arrhythmias in septic and immobilized children. The alternative nondepolarizing agents should be used in such cases.