All of the following condition causes hyperkalemia during administration of succinylcholine, EXCEPT:
Correct Answer: Aoic aneurysm
Description: Conditions causing susceptibility to succinylcholine-induced hyperkalemia: Burn injury Massive trauma Severe intra abdominal infection Spinal cord injury Encephalitis Stroke Guillain-Barre syndrome Severe Parkinson's disease Tetanus Prolonged total body immobilization Ruptured cerebral aneurysm Polyneuropathy Closed head injury Hemorrhagic shock with metabolic acidosis Myopathies (eg, Duchenne's dystrophy) Ref: Butterwoh IV J.F., Butterwoh IV J.F., Mackey D.C., Wasnick J.D., Mackey D.C., Wasnick J.D. (2013). Chapter 11. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents. In J.F. Butterwoh IV, J.F. Butterwoh IV, D.C. Mackey, J.D. Wasnick, D.C. Mackey, J.D. Wasnick (Eds), Morgan & Mikhail's Clinical Anesthesiology, 5e.
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