Hyperkalemia

Introduction: Hyperkalemia

Hyperkalemia: The excess of potassium in the blood. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hyperkalemia is available below.

Symptoms of Hyperkalemia

• Cardiac arrest
• Ventricular fibrillation
• Numbness
• Weakness
• Flaccid paralysis

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Medical Textbooks Online about Hyperkalemia

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Hyperkalemia?

• Misdiagnosis of Hyperkalemia
• Underlying causes of Hyperkalemia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Hyperkalemia

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Causes of Hyperkalemia

• Eplerenone
• Suxamethonium
• Indomethacin
• Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1, autosomal dominant
• Intravenous infusion

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• Hyperkalemia as a symptom

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Reseach about Hyperkalemia

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Clinical Trials for Hyperkalemia

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Hyperkalemia include:

• Early Protein Supplementation on Prevention of Hyperkalemia - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Genetic Determinants of the Hypokalemic and Hyperglycemic Effect of Albuterol Inhalation - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Albuterol (1,200 μg) through metered-dose inhaler

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Hyperkalemia

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Definitions of Hyperkalemia:

Abnormally high potassium concentration in the blood, most often due to defective renal excretion. It is characterized clinically by electrocardiographic abnormalities (elevated T waves and depressed P waves, and eventually by atrial asystole). In severe cases, weakness and flaccid paralysis may occur. (Dorland, 27th ed) - (Source - Diseases Database)

Higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs - (Source - WordNet 2.1)