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Case Reports
. 2003 Jan 4;326(7379):35-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7379.35.

Danger of salt substitutes that contain potassium in patients with renal failure

C J Doorenbos  1 , C G Vermeij
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Danger of salt substitutes that contain potassium in patients with renal failure

C J Doorenbos et al. BMJ. .
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Electrocardiogram showing bradycardia, absence of P waves in leads II and V1, severely widened QRS complexes in all leads, and tall peaked T waves in the inferior and precordial leads, caused by severe hyperkalaemia
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