potassium chloride
noun
: a crystalline salt KCl occurring as a mineral and in natural waters and used especially as a fertilizer
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The potassium chloride recall was Glenmark’s fifth.
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Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Midazolam is a sedative that is normally administered to help patients feel relaxed before surgery, vecuronium bromide is peripherally used as part of general anesthesia and potassium chloride is a medication for low blood potassium.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
At 11:15, Hancock was given a three-drug lethal injection: midazolam for sedation, vecuronium bromide to halt respiration and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
—Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
Another upside may occur if potassium chloride is used as a primary salt substitute.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 7 Apr. 2023
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Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Midazolam is a sedative that is normally administered to help patients feel relaxed before surgery, vecuronium bromide is peripherally used as part of general anesthesia and potassium chloride is a medication for low blood potassium.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
At 11:15, Hancock was given a three-drug lethal injection: midazolam for sedation, vecuronium bromide to halt respiration and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
—Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
Another upside may occur if potassium chloride is used as a primary salt substitute.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 7 Apr. 2023
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“Potassium chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potassium%20chloride. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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