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1. Hyperkalemia

   geokaravasili posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hello everyone, Can anyone help me with this It is known that due to hypokalemia there is a intracellular shift of H+ in order to maintain electrical neutrality. (Hypokalemia makes the cell membrane more negative) Can the opposite happen with hyperka...

2. Hypercalcemia and heart rate

   geokaravasili replied to geokaravasili's topic in General Nursing

   Any arguments???

3. Hypercalcemia and heart rate

   geokaravasili replied to geokaravasili's topic in General Nursing

   Hello Esme12, Thank you very much for your reply! Well I think in the heart muscle the main depolarizing current is created by the Ca++ ions. Because the heart muscle fibers are organized in syncitiums and when one one of these cells becomes excited ...

4. Hypercalcemia and heart rate

   geokaravasili posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone! Could anyone possibly help me to understand the mechanism of the effect of hypercalcemia on the heart rate? I know that normally excess in extracellular Ca++ has a ''sedative effect'' on the Na+ channels. It actually raises the thres...