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electrolyte
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hypokalemia | Increased cardiac instability & risk for dig toxicity. *ventricular dysrhythmias, EKG changes |
| Hyperkalemia | Asystole, ventricular dysrhythmias, ekg changes |
| Hyponatremia | low levels from diuretic use, or low lvl in heart failure indicating water excess. Hypocalcemia. Ventricular dysrhythmias, ekg changes, cardiac arrest |
| Hypocalcemia | ventricular dysrhythmias, cardiac arrest |
| Hypercalcemia | EKG changes, AV block, tachy or brady cardia, digitalis hypersensitivity, cardiac arrest. |
| P- phosphorus | should be interpreted with calcium levsl because the kidneys retain or excrete one electrolyte in an inverse relationship to the other. |
| Hypomagnesaemia | Ventricular tachycardia & fibrillation, EKG changes |
| BUN | Elevated in heart disorders that adversely affect renal circulation: Heart failure & cardiogenic shock |
| Glucose | elevated with acute cardiac episode- physiologic stress |