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ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE IN ECG

 As you can see by this graphic, the ECG changes in very different ways when there is a calciumimbalance versus a potassium imbalance. It's a matter of width versus height, respectively.

Tae a loo at potassium levels!

Tae a loo here at the graphic above. As the potassium level rises, the "T segment becomesdepressed, the T waves becomes peaed as the "#$ comple% becomes depressed. At apotassium level of &., the heart rhythm is starting to loo an awful lot lie ventricular

fibrillation, which can be fatal (that's a rhythm you would shoc...)defib the v*fib)+.

ow, let's loo at hypercalcemia!

-ere you see that the "T segment becomes shorter. This is really the only real difference

 between a normal calcium level and a high calcium level on the ECG. This results in

tachycardia (increased heart rate+, and with a high enough calcium level, it can result in anarrhythmia, and ultimately death.

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