获得的高血导致周期性:急诊室的观点
Preh Arbab1, Zofishan Anwar2, Raveeha Aamir2
1Emergency Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital Main Campus, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan dr.prehqadir@gmail.com.
BMJ case reports
|May 9, 2024
概括
超血症,或高水平,可以导致罕见的肌肉衰弱. 这一案例突显了它与瘤溶解综合征的联系,强调了急诊医生的意识.
科学领域:
- 内部医学 内部医学
- 腎臟病學 (nephrology) 是一種醫學專業.
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
背景情况:
- 高血是一种常见的电解质失衡,定义为细胞外含量高于5.0-5.5mmol/L.
- 它影响到1%-10%的住院患者,通常与慢性脏病和心力衰竭有关.
- 症状范围从无症状到危及生命的心律失常,受变化速度的影响.
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