Acute hyperkalemia risks in recipients of kidney graft cooled with Collins' solution.

Abstract

The authors present the first case of cardiac arrest, occurring at the time of vessel clamps removal, of a kidney transplantation cooled prior to grafting with Collin's solution. Monitoring of cardiac (K) has demonstrated the role of Collin's solution (K = 141 mEq/l) in the genesis of this incident. The mean +/- SD increase of the K concentration in the right atrium within the seconds following the removal of the graft vessels clamps was 2.6 +/- 1.5 mEq. Acute electrocardiographic abnormalities primarily represented by sudden apparition of hyperkalemic T waves and extrasystols occurs in more than 50% of the cases. The effects of progressive blood release in the graft and other preventive manipulations are studied and discussed.

• Authors: J P Soulillou, F Fillaudeau, J P Keribin, J Guenel
• Journal: Nephron (Nephron) Vol. 19 Issue 5 Pg. 301-4 ( 1977) ISSN: 1660-8151 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 335264 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

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Topics

• Female
• Heart Arrest (complications, etiology)
• Humans
• Hyperkalemia (complications, etiology)
• Kidney Transplantation
• Middle Aged
• Organ Preservation
• Risk
• Solutions
• Time Factors
• Tissue Preservation