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May 22, 2013

Hyperkalemia (High Blood Potassium) Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Hyperkalemia (High Blood Potassium) article.

Abnormal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Acidosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Acute: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Adjacent: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Adrenal gland: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Alcoholism: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aldosterone: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Angiotensin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Asymptomatic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bicarbonate: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood glucose: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Calcium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cardiac: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chronic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chronic kidney failure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Chronic renal failure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Circulation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cortisol: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diabetes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diabetic ketoacidosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Dialysis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diuretic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Dysfunction: See the definition from MedTerms.com

ECG: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Electrocardiogram: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Epinephrine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Extracellular: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fatigue: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gastrointestinal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gastrointestinal tract: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Gland: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Glucose: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hemolysis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hyperkalemia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hypokalemia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Injury: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Insulin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Intensive care: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Intracellular: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Ketoacidosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Kidney: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Laboratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Liter: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lupus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Lysis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mortality: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mortality rate: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Muscle: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nausea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nephritis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Onset: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Paralysis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Potassium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulse: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Receptor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Red blood cells: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Rejection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Renal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Rhabdomyolysis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Skeletal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Skeletal muscle: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Smooth muscle: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sodium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Transplant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Trauma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tumor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Type 1 diabetes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Urinary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Urinary tract: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Urine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Urolithiasis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vein: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vital: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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