Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3246449 The Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
Severe hyperkalemia is always a life-threatening medical emergency, as it can precipitate fatal dysrhythmias and paralysis. SHP should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurologic signs and symptoms of uncertain etiology, especially in a subject with kidney failure or who is taking medications that may worsen renal function. The presence of a PMK does not necessarily impede hyperkalemic cardiac toxicity.
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