| We should pay attention to perioperative hyperkalemia in a parturient treated with ritodrine for tocolytic therapy. |
| Hyperglycemia and some hypertension medications can also cause hyperkalemia, requiring a low potassium diet. |
| Severe or even fatal hyperkalemia may appear rapidly, without any particular prodrome. |
| The risk of hyperkalemia appears to increase with duration of therapy but is usually reversible. |
| Marked hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, and hyperkalemia may also contribute. |
| Peripheral rewarming can be associated with shock, acidosis and hyperkalemia when cold, acidotic peripheral blood is returned centrally. |
