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. 1976 Apr;69(4):497-9.
doi: 10.1097/00007611-197604000-00035.

Alkalosis and seizure due to a cation-exchange resin and magnesium hydroxide

H A Ziessman

Alkalosis and seizure due to a cation-exchange resin and magnesium hydroxide

H A Ziessman. South Med J. 1976 Apr.

Abstract

A patient with chronic renal failure received sodium polystyrene sulfonate and magnesium hydroxide for the treatment of hyperkalemia. This combination therapy produced a severe metabolic alkalosis which, in the presence of the patient's chronic hypocalcemia, precipitated a grand mal seizure.

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