Assertion: hyperkalemia | /r/HasProperty | severe
Facets:
value: in whom
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: When hyperkalemia is severe enough to effect the skeletal muscles, a condition called hyperkalemic periodic paralysis can occur.
text: hyperkalemia in primary care” is a less severe condition, our analysis immanently selects for patients who are not sick enough to be hospitalized on the hyperkalemia index day (unfortunately, we had only data on hyperkalemia test dates, not on the caregiver requesting the test).
text: When hyperkalemia is severe, administration of calcium chloride lowers the risk of ventricular fibrillation.
text: Hyperkalemia is a serious, potentially lethal electrolyte disturbance that requires medical treatment without delay if it is severe enough to cause disturbances in cardiac conduction.
text: If the hyperkalemia is known to be severe (potassium >7.0 mEq/L) or if the patient is symptomatic, begin treatment before diagnostic investigation of the underlying cause.
text: In patients in whom hyperkalemia is severe (potassium >7.0 mEq/L) or symptomatic, treatment should commence before diagnostic investigation of the underlying cause.
text: Hyperkalemia is considered to be severe and potentially life-threatening when levels rise to 6.5 mmol/L or more.