potassium acetate

Indications: 1) hypokalemia 2) to avoid chloride when high concentrations of K⁺ needed Dosage: 1) adults: up to 150 meq QD, up to 20 meq/hour, max concentration 40 meq/L 2) children: max 3 meq/kg/day Injection: 2 meq/mL (20 mL). Pharmacokinetics: - elimination :route kidney Adverse effects: 1) common (> 10%) - nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, epigastric pain, flatulence 2) less common (1-10%) - hyperkalemia, bradycardia, dyspnea, weakness, local tissue necrosis with extravasation 3) uncommon (< 1%) - chest pain, throat pain, abdominal pain, phlebitis, paresthesia, paralysis, confusion, alkalosis

References

Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional Drug Formulary, 1998

Component-of

alanine/arginine/glycine/histidine/isoleucine/leucine/lysine/methionine/phenylalanine/potassium acetate/proline/serine/sodium chloride/threonine/tryptophan/tyrosine/valine calcium acetate/magnesium acetate/potassium acetate/potassium chloride/sodium acetate/sodium gluconate calcium chloride/magnesium chloride/potassium acetate/sodium acetate/sodium chloride glucose/potassium acetate/sodium chloride potassium acetate/sodium chloride