
Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Roadside to Resus
The Resus Room
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The Importance of Kalium in the Management of Hypocholemia
Inchilin does a whole heap of things. It regulates cellular potassium levels. It promotes influx into the cell. So in the absence or the relative absence of Inchilin, potassium then tends to remain extracellularly. But much of that extracellular potassium is lost because of the osmotic diuresis. And this is the key bit, isn't it, with regard to this dehydration? This causes that dehydration and that hypertonicity of the blood That sounds pretty funky. Jimbo, I mean, you have got all the way through the spheal and you've only just mentioned potassium. How have you managed that? Well, I'm glad you
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