effect of suxamethonium administration on serum potassium level in bilharzial and non-bilharzial patients

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted on 4 groups of patients two of them were complaining of bilharzial hepatic fibrosis. Serum K level was estimated pre, 4, 8, 12 minute after administration of suxamethonium and also after halothane induction. There was significant increase in serum potassium level after four and eight minutes following suxamethonium administration as compared to that before suxamethonium. It returned to normal level after twelve minutes. In bilharzial patients there was no significant change in serum potassium level after four, eight and twelve minutes following suxamethonium injection. Serum potassium level in the second and third groups showed no significant change. There was significant decrease in serum potassium level after four minutes from halothane induction in bilharzial patients as compared to normal ones