Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Potassium chloride (KCl)
Indication
Correction of hypokalemia.
- Caution: Hypokalemia is not usually treated in the operating room (OR).
- The decision to administer KCl requires anesthesia attending approval in advance of administration.
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Potassium Chloride (KCl)." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728580/all/Potassium_chloride__KCl_.
Potassium chloride (KCl). In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728580/all/Potassium_chloride__KCl_. Accessed July 23, 2025.
Potassium chloride (KCl). (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728580/all/Potassium_chloride__KCl_
Potassium Chloride (KCl) [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 July 23]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728580/all/Potassium_chloride__KCl_.
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