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Spicy Bites - Snake Envenomation

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Along with inducing coagulopathy, venom toxins may contribute to local and/or systemic hemorrhage and plasma extravasation by means of basement membrane degradation within the vasculature. These side effects do not contraindicate antivenom administration and can be treated with antihistamines and epinephrine.

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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

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Document in the patient's chart that rapid infusion is intentional in response to life-threatening hypokalemia." Internal potassium balance and the control of the plasma potassium concentration. Plasma potassium ([K] p ) was measured at 15-minute intervals during and after the infusion in 31 patients. Mean baseline [K] p was 2.9

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