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re: Question for Dr's of the OT update in OP
Posted on 7/3/15 at 12:25 am to TMDawg
Posted on 7/3/15 at 12:25 am to TMDawg
In an otherwise healthy guy, I would get an EKG before starting any treatment, because I would assume a lab error. Assuming its a healthy guy who is making urine and not dehydrated. If I think it is real, I'd probably start a iv fluids and glucose/insulin to force the k intracellularly initially, then get him to dialysis.
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Posted on 7/3/15 at 12:53 am to Ric Flair
You're definitely right about getting an EKG but my point was that if the EKG was normal, that basically doesn't tell you anything regarding the K so it's not like the absence of peaked Ts (or any of the other things you can get with hyperkalemia) would've changed it. Just saying that people get burned by that sometimes by assuming the EKG is sensitive when it isn't.
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