
18. A Case of Severe Weakness in the ICU
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Hypocalemia - Can You Go Ahead and See What You Can See?
Luke: I think this is a great time to remind our listeners of what we can see on hypo calemia. We could see peaked waves, widen p ar intervals, as well as cure restoration and eventually loss of p in formation of sign wave. So for this patient, he was admitted to the i cu for hypocalemia. And by the time he got there, he had gotten 70 imicus of po potassium and 60 imicus ivy. His labs were rechecked on arrival, and the b m p still showed a k of lower than assat of less than one point five. He barely budged.
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