Assertion: hyperkalemia | /r/HasSubevent | sudden death
Facets:
value: from cardiac arrhythmias
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: However, the fact that hyperkalemia can lead to sudden death from cardiac arrhythmias requires that physicians be quick to consider hyperkalemia in patients who are at risk for it.  
text: Because hyperkalemia can lead to sudden death from cardiac arrhythmias, any suggestion of hyperkalemia requires an immediate ECG to ascertain whether ECG signs of electrolyte imbalance are present (see Workup).