Severe hypokalemia precipitated under anesthesia due to conventional amphotericin b in a patient with invasive aspergillosis.

To the Editor, Amphotericin B is often used in the therapeutics of potentially fatal fungal infections. The patient was extubated and put on oral K+ supplementation 40 mEq/day in divided doses, with close monitoring of serum K+ and Mg++ levels, while amphotericin B therapy was continued into the postoperative period. [Extracted from the article]