hyperkalemia
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- hyperkalemic adjective
Etymology
Origin of hyperkalemia
1945–50; hyper- + New Latin kal ( ium ) potassium ( alkali, -ium ) + -emia
Example Sentences
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Our current priority is to get people being managed for hypertension to use potassium-enriched salt because health-care providers can advise against its use in people at risk of hyperkalemia.
From Salon
A high level of potassium in the blood, or hyperkalemia, causes cardiac arrest, and when Yanagihara injected mice with high doses of venom, their hearts quickly stopped.
From Science Magazine
This condition, called hyperkalemia, can be caused by diabetes, dehydration, and chronic kidney disease, among other things.
From The Verge
AliveCor worked with the Mayo Clinic to develop a new algorithm for the KardiaBand that can analyze EKG data and detect whether the user has hyperkalemia.
From The Verge
Potassium is removed from the body by the kidneys, so anything that compromises kidney function can lead to hyperkalemia.
From US News
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