A 77 year old female with severe metabolic derangement following bout of vomiting Continue reading
Tag Archives: hyperkalaemia
Lab Case 108 – Interpretation
A critically unwell 17 year old with shock and sepsis Continue reading
Lab Case 95 – Interpretation
44 year old critically unwell man with low GCS and severe hypothermia Continue reading
Lab case 78 – Interpretation
A 64 year old critically unwell female requiring immediate resuscitation Continue reading
Lab Case 67 – Interpretation
5 year old critically unwell child who is hypotensive and tachycardic Continue reading
Lab Case 59 – Interpretation
68 year old man, critically unwell, shocked with severe respiratory failure. Continue reading
Lab Case 48 – Interpretation
A 58 year old man with a severe metabolic derangement on cancer therapy Continue reading
Lab Case 47 – Interpretation
A critically unwell 70 year old man.
His blood results show: Continue reading
Lab Case 46 – Interpretation
70 year old patient critically unwell, with life threatening hyperkalaemia requiring non invasive cardiac monitoring in resuscitation bay and urgent reduction of potassium.
Lab Case 44 – Interpretation
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High anion gap metabolic acidosis – renal failure, possible sepsis (lactate and ketones not given). Delta gap =1, pure high anion gap metabolic acidosis
Acute on chronic renal failure with moderate to severe hyperkalaemia secondary to possible acute blood loss (??GI – low Hct, low Hb, high platelets), infection, dehydration
Microcytic hypochromic anaemia – chronic blood loss, Fe deficiency, renal failure (however expect anaemia of chronic disease to be normocytic, normochromic)
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ECG changes – tall T waves, flattening of P waves, some early lengthening of the PR interval. Possible ischaemia as cause of presentation