Assertion: hyperkalemia | /r/CapableOf | meet criterion
Facets:
value: for treatment
type: PURPOSE
value: based on their potassium level
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Although the effects of hyperkalemia can be detected on an EKG as peaked T waves, a prolonged PR-interval, and a widened QRS-interval,1 an EKG is a poor indicator of hyperkalemia severity; thus, patients with hyperkalemia who meet criteria for treatment based on their potassium level should be treated without delay even in the absence of EKG changes, because even benign changes can quickly progress to lethal arrhythmias.3