Case Report
Profound Hypokalaemia Resulting in Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Catastrophic Complication of Hyperemesis Gravidarum?
Table 2
Venous blood gas (VBG) on arrival to the emergency department.
| pH range 7.35-7.45 | 6.71 | Haemoglobin (g/L) range 110-140 | 108 |
| pC02 (mmHg) range 35-45 | 102 | Sodium Na+ (mmol/L) range 135-145 | 135 |
| Bicarbonate (mmol/L) range 22-28 | 12 | Potassium K+ (mmol/L) range 3.5-5.2 | 2.1 |
| Anion gap (mmol/L) range 4-12 | 34 | Chloride (mmol/L) range 98-106 | 91 |
| Lactate (mmol/L) range 0.5-2 | 26.0 | Glucose (mmol/L) range 3.9-7.5 | 22.0 |
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