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ECG Case: 65-year-old Man with CRF Misses Dialysis
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00:00 Here's a 65-year-old diabetic patient with chronic renal failure who's under dialysis therapy but gets sick, fails to come to dialysis for a week because of stomach cramps and diarrhea that developed after eating at a fast food restaurant. 00:16 When she comes finally for her dialysis, they get this ECG. 00:20 What does this ECG show? Notice the pointed T waves that you wouldn't wanna sit on. 00:34 This ECG is diagnostic of hyperkalemia. 00:39 This patient had a serum potassium of 6.9% because they weren't getting dialyzed. 00:45 One of the complications of renal failure is hyperkalemia and one of the things that we do dialysis for is to reduce that serum potassium. 00:53 This patient missed a number of dialysis and consequently, has a serum potassium that's markedly elevated, needs urgent dialysis. 01:02 Thank you very much for being with me for this lecture. 01:06 I look forward to being with you on the next one.
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The lecture ECG Case: 65-year-old Man with CRF Misses Dialysis by Joseph Alpert, MD is from the course Electrocardiogram (ECG) Interpretation.
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A 65-year-old diabetic patient with chronic renal failure receiving dialysis therapy misses their dialysis appointments for a week because of “stomach cramps and diarrhea that developed after eating at a fast-food restaurant.” Laboratory studies show a potassium level of 7.2 mmol/L. Which of the following would most likely be detected on this patient's ECG?
- Peaked T waves
- Prominent U waves
- Wide QRS complexes
- Irregularly irregular rhythm
- Premature ventricular contractions
Author of lecture ECG Case: 65-year-old Man with CRF Misses Dialysis
Joseph Alpert, MD
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