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May 2021
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Episode 26 - Hyperkalemia

THE CURIOUS CLINICIANS
About this episode

Tony, Hannah and Avi are back at it with another cardiology-nephrology episode, this time examining why calcium "stabilizes" the cardiac membrane in hyperkalemia. For that matter, what does it even mean to stabilize a membrane?

Check out the show notes on our website.

Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health!

Sound editing by Nodderly.

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