Potassium Chloride in 5% Dextrose Injection, USP is indicated as a source of water, electrolytes, and calories.

Solutions containing dextrose may be contraindicated in patients with known allergy to corn or corn products

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Hypersensitivity -- Altered reactivity to an antigen, which can result in pathologic reactions upon subsequent exposure to that particular antigen.

Immediate hypersensitivity -- Hypersensitivity reactions which occur within minutes of exposure to challenging antigen due to the release of histamine which follows the antigen-antibody reaction and causes smooth muscle contraction and increased vascular permeability.

Potassium Chloride in 5% Dextrose Injection, USP should be used with great care, if at all, in patients with hyperkalemia, severe renal failure, and in conditions in which potassium retention is present.

Injections containing carbohydrates with low electrolyte concentration should not be administered simultaneously with blood through the same administration set because of the possibility of pseudoagglutination or hemolysis.

The bag label for these injections bears the statement: Do not administer simultaneously with blood.

The intravenous administration of Potassium Chloride in 5% Dextrose Injection, USP can cause fluid and/or solute overloading resulting in dilution of serum electrolyte concentrations, overhydration, congested states, or pulmonary edema.

The risk of dilutional states is inversely proportional to the electrolyte concentrations of the injection.

The risk of solute overload causing congested states with peripheral and pulmonary edema is directly proportional to the electrolyte concentrations of the injection.

In patients with diminished renal function, administration of Potassium Chloride in 5% Dextrose Injection, USP may result in potassium retention.

In very low birth weight infants, excessive or rapid administration of dextrose injection may result in increased serum osmolality and possible intracerebral hemorrhage.

Potassium salts should never be administered by IV push