Table 3. Published reports relevant to ischemia–reperfusion injury and hyperkalemia associated with incarcerated bowel.

Study	Hernia	Release/reduction	Potassium	Arrhythmia	Outcome
Allford et al.,14)	Inguinal	Surgical release of incarcerated bowel	Normal	VT/VF	Death
Xu et al.,6)	Inguinal	Intraoperative reduction, then resection	6.1 mEq/L at arrest	SVT → asystole	Survived
Present case	Obturator	Manual reduction	8.5 mmol/L	P-wave loss → QRS widening → sine wave →asystole	Death

Only clinically relevant reports describing hyperkalemia or reperfusion-associated arrhythmias after incarcerated bowel were included.

SVT, supraventricular tachycardia; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia