
Episode 26 - Hyperkalemia
The Curious Clinicians
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Is There a Negative Resting Membrane Potential?
Hyperkialemia is going to initially lead to a sort of narrowing of the difference between the resting and the threshold potential, right? So the resting potential is going to get a little bit closer to that threshold potential. And this leads to myocyte excitability. They're just like, they're kind of always on edge ready to reach that threshold because they're alittle bit closer.
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