It usually gets into your body through foods you eat, medications, or IV infusions. Hyperkalemia happens when there's too much potassium in your bloodstream. It's stored inside your nerve and ...

Hyperkalemia can cause life-threatening arrhythmia, and thus recognizing related patterns on the ECG is crucial. The ECG findings of hyperkalemia change as the potassium level increases, from ...

Hyperkalemia is when you have very high levels of potassium and it comes on suddenly. If it comes on without warning, and is ...

The drug can sometimes cause life-threatening hyperkalemia, however, when used in combination with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (which are also indicated for heart failure).