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What does hyperkalemia mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood
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Because of the risk of potassium leakage, RBCs should be transfused within 24 h of irradiation if hyperkalemia represents a clinical risk.
Two days after would repair, she underwent hemodialysis for oliguric acute renal failure with severe volume overload and hyperkalemia.
Severe or even fatal hyperkalemia may appear rapidly, without any particular prodrome.
Infants with a history of in utero exposure to ACE inhibitors should be closely observed for hypotension, oliguria, and hyperkalemia.
The fast decrease in serous concentrations, during the treatment of hyperkalemia in digitalisstabilized patients, may cause digitalis intoxication.
The risk of hyperkalemia appears to increase with duration of therapy but is usually reversible.

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