Fatal intravenous injection of potassium in hospitalized patients |
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Authors: | Wetherton Angela R Corey Tracey S Buchino John J Burrows Amy M |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucy, USA. |
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Abstract: | We describe 4 cases of fatal intravenous injection of potassium in the hospital setting. These cases illustrate the subtlety of findings in such deaths and remind the forensic pathologist to consider this type of event in sudden, unexpected death of hospitalized patients. |
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