potassium acetate

Indications

• hypokalemia
• to avoid chloride when high concentrations of K+ needed

Dosage

• adults: up to 150 meq QD, up to 20 meq/hour, max concentration 40 meq/L
• children: max 3 meq/kg/day

Injection: 2 meq/mL (20 mL).

Pharmacokinetics

• elimination :route kidney

Adverse effects

• common (> 10%)
  • nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, epigastric pain, flatulence
• less common (1-10%)
  • hyperkalemia, bradycardia, dyspnea, weakness, local tissue necrosis with extravasation
• uncommon (< 1%)
  • chest pain, throat pain, abdominal pain, phlebitis, paresthesia, paralysis, confusion, alkalosis

More general terms

• potassium supplement

Additional terms

• K+

Component of

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

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=31371
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=517044