Hyperkalaemia
Title: Hyperkalaemia
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1176 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Hyperkalaemia
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1176 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Essay
A patient in hospital presented with a serum potassium concentration of 6.6mmol/L. Discuss the possible causes, further investigation and any consequences of this finding.
Potassium is the predominant intracellular cation. This means that serum potassium concentrations are a poor indicator of total body potassium, as only 2% exists in the extracellular fluid. It is disturbances in the balance between the extracellular and intracellular concentrations that cause raised serum potassium levels, which may even occur
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