Hyperkalemia is common and can be serious. It can result in life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. So it is important that we assess this problem properly, find an underlying diagnosis if there is one, and manage appropriately.
To find out more about this problem and what we can do about it, please do listen to this BMJ Best Practice podcast interview with Sr ... Show More
Oct 14
Evidence-based medicine, GRADE, and BMJ
The purpose of BMJ Best Practice is to help get evidence into practice. We use GRADE to ensure that we use the highest quality evidence. GRADE helps us to assess evidence for risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness, imprecision, and the degree to which it may be subject to publ ... Show More
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<p><strong>Contributor: Peter Bakes, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Patients in renal failure may have elevated serum potassium levels which can result in EKG changes. ... Show More
<p><strong>Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hyperkalemia may cause cardiac arrest </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><sp ... Show More
