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What should happen if a patient's potassium level is <9.0?
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Unclear: Serum potassium normals are 3.5 to 5.2, depending on the lab methodology. Levels of over 6 and under 3 will both cause serious consequences; see your doctor for further evaluation if you have abnormal lab values.
Answered 11/6/2013
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Do you mean >: Normal potassium range is 3.5 to 5, the higher you go after that the more likely the heart will stop, at one point it will.
Answered 11/6/2013
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HIgh potassium level: A high level of potassium (k) is not as important as how quickly it got to that high level. Patients with chronic kidney disease can have a k of 6.1 with no symptoms as their hearts are used to a high level of it. A person who is involved in accident and has fast excessive liberation of k, from muscle, can have a cardiac arrest due to an acutely high level of k because his heart is not used to it.
Answered 11/6/2013
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