Potassium Acetate

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Contents 1 Indications 2 Dosage 3 Pharmacokinetics 4 Adverse-effects 5 More General Terms 6 Additional Terms 7 Internet Database 8 References

Indications

• hypokalemia
• to avoid chloride when high concentrations of K+ needed

Dosage

• adults: up to 150 meq QD, up to 20 meq/hour, max concentration 40 meq/L
• children: max 3 meq/kg/day

• Injection: 2 meq/ mL (20 mL).

Pharmacokinetics

• elimination :route kidney

Adverse-effects

• common (> 10%)

• nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, epigastric pain, flatulence

• less common (1-10%)

• hyperkalemia, bradycardia, dyspnea, weakness, local tissue necrosis with extravasation

• uncommon (< 1%)

• chest pain, throat pain, abdominal pain, phlebitis, paresthesia, paralysis, confusion, alkalosis

More General Terms

• salt
• metabolic agent (metabolic modifier)

Additional Terms

• K+

Internet Database

PubChem: 31371
PubChem: 517044

References

Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional Drug  Formulary, 1998

potassium acetate