
Två patienter fick felaktigt kalciumklorid i stället för kaliumklorid under operation – nu har en av dem avlidit efter en hjärttransplantation.
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Den 18 augusti fick två patienter på Karolinska universitetssjukhusets thoraxavdelning felaktigt kalciumklorid i stället för kaliumklorid.
Det var den 18 augusti som två patienter på Karolinska universitetssjukhusets thoraxavdelning felaktigt fick kalciumklorid – i stället för kaliumklorid som temporärt stannar hjärtmuskeln under operationen.
Operationerna var rutinmässiga, men läkemedelsförväxlingen uppdagades efter att den ena patientens hjärta inte gick att starta efter operationen, enligt Eva Sundman Olofsson, verksamhetschef för intensivvård och thoraxoperation på Karolinska.
Patienterna fick fortsatt vård med en hjärt- och lungmaskin på en intensivvårdsavdelning och genomgick sedan hjärttransplantationer i Lund, enligt uppgifter till DN.
Nu har den ena drabbade patienten, en man i 50-årsåldern, avlidit till följd av komplikationer efter hjärttransplantationen, enligt källor till DN.

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