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Preferred term

Hyperkalemia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Hyperpotassemia
  • Hyperpotassemias

Note

  • high blood potassium levels; do not confuse with HYPOKALEMIA

Scope note

  • Abnormally high potassium concentration in the blood, most often due to defective renal excretion. It is characterized clinically by electrocardiographic abnormalities (elevated T waves and depressed P waves, and eventually by atrial asystole). In severe cases, weakness and flaccid paralysis may occur. (Dorland, 27th ed)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • abundantia kalii
  • hyperkalaemia
  • hyperkalemi
  • kalium-(K)-överskott
  • veren kaliumin runsaus
  • veren kaliumin ylimäärä
  • veren kaliumrunsaus
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006947

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