Kick off your new year with this short clinical episode on Hyperkalemia. MS3 Gabby Gioia from OHSU sits down with Dr. Corey Slovis, Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University to talk diagnosis, complications and treatment for high levels of potassium.

As Dr. Slovis says, hyperkalemia is “The only acute electrolyte abnormality with the potential to kill”. He gives discusses the five causes of HyperK, and the 5 EKG changes to look for – it’s more than just peak T waves!

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