What are the four precautions that must be followed to ensure patient safety if an intravenous route of potassium replacement is used?
What will be an ideal response?
1) consider replacement only if the urine output is at least 40 to 50 mL/hour
2) never use KCl undiluted as it can cause arrhythmias and cardiac arrest
3) do not give more than 40 mEq of potassium in any 1 hour or more than 200 mEq in 24 hours
4) concentration of potassium in the intravenous drip should not be higher than 40 mEq/L
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