منابع مشابه
Hyperkalaemia.
Hyperkalaemia is defined as serum potassium concentration greater than 5.5 mmol/l. Its prevalence in the general population is unknown, but it is thought to occur in 1-10% of patients admitted to hospital.1 The rate of morbidity and mortality associated with hyperkalaemia has risen greatly with the use of drugs that target the renin-angiotensin system, and since publication 10 years ago of a ra...
متن کاملRecovering Context After Interruption
As information systems become more complex and present an increasingly rich amount of information to users, interruptions present an ever larger hurdle to operational efficiency. User interface technologies intended to support increased user-control of the transitions between computer-based tasks can help mitigate that obstacle. We present a three-pronged approach that combines dynamic interrup...
متن کاملManagement of hyperkalaemia.
Hyperkalaemia, an elevated extracellular fluid potassium concentration, is a common electrolyte disorder and is present in 1-10% of hospitalised patients. Elevated serum potassium concentrations are usually asymptomatic but may be associated with electrocardiogram (ECG) changes. Hyperkalaemia occasionally leads to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Prompt recognition of this disorder, patien...
متن کاملManagement of hyperkalaemia in adults.
The reported incidence of hyperkalaemia in hospitalisedpatients is between 1 and 10%. I Thevast majority of cases are related to patients prescribed angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) in conjunction with spironolactone with pre-existing or new renal failure. Most other cases are related to potassium supplementation and prescription of diure...
متن کاملSpurious hyperkalaemia: an insight.
Hyperkalaemia is a common electrolyte disorder with potentially lethal consequences and can lead to life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias. Spurious hyperkalaemia, also known as pseudohyperkalaemia or factitious hyperkalaemiais, is also quite common in clinical practice and it's a source of avoidable emergency department visits or hospital admissions. We report a case in which alarming hyperkala...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Diabetologia
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0012-186X,1432-0428
DOI: 10.1007/bf00873227