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Case Reports
. 2013 Winter;17(1):69.
doi: 10.7812/TPP/12-088.

ECG diagnosis: hyperkalemia

Joel T Levis  1
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Case Reports

ECG diagnosis: hyperkalemia

Joel T Levis. Perm J. 2013 Winter.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
12-lead ECG from an 82-year-old man with acute renal failure and hyperkalemia (serum potassium 8.6 mEq/dL). Demonstrates a ventricular junctional escape rhythm (41 beats/min), with absence of P waves and peaked T waves.
Figure 2
Figure 2
12-lead ECG from same patient following treatment of hyperkalemia with intravenous calcium gluconate, insulin, glucose, normal saline, and oral kayexalate (serum potassium 6.2 mEq/dL). Demonstrates a normal sinus rhythm (75 beats/min) with resolving peaked T waves.
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