Journal:
:journal of emergency practice and trauma
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alireza baratloo department of emergency medicine, shohadaye tajrish hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
pauline haroutunian department of medicine, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
alaleh rouhipour department of pediatrics, valiasr hospital, ghazvin university of medical sciences, abyek, iran
saeed safari department of emergency medicine, shohadaye tajrish hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
farhad rahmati department of emergency medicine, shohadaye tajrish hospital, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
background: potassium, as an extracellular ion, plays an important role in the electrophysiologic function of the myocardium and any change in extracellular concentration of this ion might have a marked impression upon myocyte electrophysiologic gain. high serum potassium levels are thought to impair pulse conduction in purkinje fibers and ventricles more than that in the atrioventricular (av) ...