Severe Hypoglycemia in Diabetes Tied to Cardiac Disease Patients with type 1, type 2 diabetes experience severe HTN, hypokalemia, QT prolongation. Tetsuro Tsujimoto, M.D., from the National Center for ...

Optimal treatment for hypokalemia depends on the severity of the potassium deficit and the underlying etiology. In general, when a patient has mild-to-moderate hypokalemia (serum potassium between 3.0 ...

Failure to correct dyskalemia within 2 days increased 28-day mortality risk. Dyskalemia at admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) may increase patients’ risk for cardiac events and death, ...

The body needs the mineral potassium to regulate muscle contraction. The heart, being a muscle, may respond to changes in potassium levels by developing an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. Atrial ...