potassium chloride

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Definition of potassium chloride

: a crystalline salt KCl occurring as a mineral and in natural waters and used especially as a fertilizer

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The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office is fighting the companies’ efforts because one of the four drugs used in the state’s execution protocol, potassium chloride, expires on Aug. 31. — Grant Schulte, The Seattle Times, "Nebraska set for execution after about-face on death penalty," 13 Aug. 2018 The last drug, potassium chloride, induces cardiac arrest. — Jacob Gershman, WSJ, "Nebraska Set to Use Drug Cocktail That Includes Fentanyl in Execution Tuesday," 13 Aug. 2018 Tennessee plans called for use of midazolam as a sedative, the muscle-relaxer vecuronium bromide and then potassium chloride to stop the heart. — Fox News, "Tennessee executes its first inmate in nearly a decade," 9 Aug. 2018 And in 2016, Virginia paid $66,000 to an unnamed compounding pharmacy for the sedative midazolam and the chemical potassium chloride. — Abdullah Shihipar, Teen Vogue, "Lethal Injection Drugs and the Death Penalty, Explained," 30 Oct. 2018 These drugs include propofol, midazolam, and hydromorphone — all of which are used to sedate — as well as the drugs pancuronium bromide, which is a muscle relaxant, and potassium chloride, which stops the heart. — Abdullah Shihipar, Teen Vogue, "Lethal Injection Drugs and the Death Penalty, Explained," 30 Oct. 2018 Arkansas' supply of potassium chloride, which stops the inmate's heart, expired Friday. — Fox News, "Second of Arkansas' 3 lethal injection drugs expires," 31 Aug. 2018 In court filings, corrections Director Scott Frakes said the state’s supply of potassium chloride —a key drug in Nebraska’s protocol — will expire on Aug. 31. — Washington Post, "Nebraska sets execution date for longest-serving inmate," 5 July 2018 These include severing the umbilical cord or injecting potassium chloride or the medication digoxin into the fetus. — Bill Rankin, ajc, "Appeals court seems unlikely to uphold ‘fetal demise’ abortion law," 25 May 2018

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potassium chloride

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Medical Definition of potassium chloride

: a crystalline salt KCl that occurs as a mineral and in natural waters and is used especially in the treatment of potassium deficiency — see k-dur, klor-con