A survey demonstrating lack of consensus on the sequence of medications for treatment of hyperkalemia among pediatric critical care providers

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : a Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies
Nnenna O ChimeElizabeth A Hunt

Abstract

Hyperkalemia is one of the reversible causes of cardiac arrest in children. The Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support guidelines have specific recommendations on the choice and sequence of medications for treatment of life-threatening hyperkalemia. However, the Pediatric Advanced Life Support guidelines have no specific treatment recommendations. The objective of this study was to measure the extent to which opinions diverge among pediatricians on the choice and sequence of medication administration in the management of hyperkalemia during cardiac arrest. Scenario-based survey. A hypothetical hospital area covered by the pediatric rapid response team. A hypothetical scenario of a 7-year old child receiving a blood transfusion who is suddenly unresponsive and found to be in pulseless ventricular tachycardia with stat labs revealing a potassium level of 8.3. A scenario-based survey of PICU fellows and attendings at a PICU Fellows Boot Camp. Eighty-four fellows and 24 attendings responded to the survey. The response rate was 89%. Calcium was chosen most frequently as the first drug to be administered (calcium chloride, 40/115 [34.8%]; calcium gluconate, 62/115 [53.9%]) while 38 of 115 respondents (33%) chose a drug other than calci...Continue Reading

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