Electrolyte abnormalities - hypo- and hyperkalaemia
Description
- Hypokalaemia <3.5 mmol/L, hyperkalaemia >5.0-5.5 mmol/L
- Both are true deficit/excess or transcellular shift - the distinction changes management
- Hyperkalaemia is the more immediately dangerous direction - arrhythmia and cardiac arrest can occur without warning ECG changes
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