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The Silent Potassium Avalanche: Unchecking Preoperative Hypokalemia Leading to Perioperative Cardiac Arrest in an Insulin-Treated Diabetic Patient Undergoing a Whipple Procedure: A Case Report

2025-08-08

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background:</bold> Pancreaticoduodenectomy(Whipple procedure) isa highly complex abdominal surgical procedure, and while perioperative cardiac arrest is infrequent, it is associated with significant morbidity. The established risk factors for postoperative cardiac arrest includehypovolemia, acidosis, and electrolyte imbalances. <bold>Case presentation:</bold> We present the c...

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Literature Corpus work: 824b80cc-6186-5c1a-b88a-7f7af41d64cd
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7184221/v1

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