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Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2016 History of present illness: A 34-year-old diabetic female presented to the emergency department with chest pain status-post AICD firing. She described the pain as a “12 out of 10” which woke her from sleep at 0200, one hour prior to arrival. Vitals were
Bryson Hicks
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Prevalence of Hyperkalemia in a Contemporary European Cohort According to EKFC eGFR Categories [PDF]
DiagnosticsBackground/Objectives: Hyperkalemia is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, its epidemiology may be evolving due to population aging, new therapeutic developments and novel estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations ...
Priscila Villalvazo +3 more
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Hyperkalemia - a review article
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019 Introduction: Potassium is critical cation in physiological functions. Hyperkalemia is a common electrolyte disorder, defined as potassium level above 5,5 mmol/L.
Marcin Makuch +2 more
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Nebivolol induced hyperkalemia: case report
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2016 In this article, we document a conclusive case of nebivolol-induced hyperkalemia for the first time in the known medical literature. Hyperkalemia is associated with serious conditions such as cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.
Karmela Altabas +2 more
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Hyperkalemia or Not? A Diagnostic Pitfall in the Emergency Department [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency MedicineIntroduction: Hyperkalemia, a potentially life-threatening electrolyte disturbance, is commonly encountered in the Emergency Department (ED). However, the frequency of factitious hyperkalemia, an artificially elevated potassium level in hyperkalemic ED ...
Frank-Peter Stephan +7 more
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European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2015 Hyperkalemia occurs frequently in hospitalized patients and is of particular concern for those who have undergone surgery, with postoperative care provided by clinicians of many disciplines.
Ross, Edward A. +3 more
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Extreme Hyperkalemia in a Hemodialysis Patient Presenting with Cardiac Arrhythmia
Bezmiâlem Science, 2019 Hyperkalemia is commonly seen in hemodialysis patients and is a potentially life-threatening condition. Serum potassium concentration greater than 10 mEq/L is defined as extreme hyperkalemia.
Ayşe Serra ARTAN +4 more
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An unseen ′face′ of hyperkalemia
Journal of the Scientific Society, 2013 Hyperkalemia with normal or minimal electrocardiogram (ECG) changes is not commonly encountered. The ′milder′ presentation may mask and hence lead to an under-management of a severe hyperkalemia.
Dilip Gude, Aslam Abbas
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Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2009 Seyed Ali Sadjadi1, James I McMillan1, Navin Jaipaul1, Patricia Blakely1, Su Su Hline21Section of Nephrology (111N), Jerry L Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA; 2Divison of Nephrology, Loma Linda University Medical ...
Seyed Ali Sadjadi +4 more
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Clin Case RepABSTRACT BRASH syndrome is a life‐threatening clinical entity characterized by Bradycardia, Renal failure, Atrioventricular (AV) blockade, Shock, and Hyperkalemia. This syndrome is often triggered in patients on AV nodal blocking agents who develop acute kidney injury, leading to a “vicious cycle” of worsening bradycardia and renal dysfunction.
Iyow SN +4 more
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