Hyperkalemia: Recognition and management of a critical electrolyte disturbance

Journal of Infusion Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 167-175

  Crawford, Ann H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN BAYLOR   (United States)

Author keywords

aldosterone; calcium gluconate; cardiac dysrhythmias; dialysis; diuretics; electrolytes; extracellular; hyperkalemia; insulin; intracellular; renal failure

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; HORMONE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ELECTROLYTE EXCRETION; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FLUID SHIFT; FLUID TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OSMOSIS; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCELLULAR FLUID; BLOOD; PHYSIOLOGY;

HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; POTASSIUM;

EID: 84898425670     PISSN: 15331458     EISSN: 15390667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAN.0000000000000036     Document Type: Review

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