RT Book, Section
A1 Arora, Nayan
A1 Jefferson, J. Ashley
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184182588
T1 Hyperkalemia
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184182588
RD 2024/04/19
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISSerum  potassium  >  5.2  mEq/L  (5.2  mmol/L).Check  medications  carefully.  Hyperkalemia  may  develop  from  angiotensin-converting  enzyme  (ACE)  inhibitors,  angiotensin  receptor  blockers,  and  potassium-sparing  diuretics,  most  commonly  in  patients  with  kidney  dysfunction.The  ECG  may  be  normal  despite  life-threatening  hyperkalemia.Rule  out  pseudohyperkalemia  and  extracellular  potassium  shift  from  cells.