High-risk medication alert: intravenous potassium chloride
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Implementation of a high-alert medication program.
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متن کاملPotassium chloride
Major uses Potassium chloride (KCl) is inorganic salt used for making fertilizers, since the growth of many plants is limited by their potassium intake. Potassium in plants is important for the osmotic and ionic regulation, plays a key role in the water homeostasis and is closely connected with processes involved in the protein synthesis. KCl is also used for the manufacture of potassium hydrox...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australian Prescriber
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0312-8008,1839-3942
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2005.010