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Tag Electrolytes
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Hypokalaemia

Hypokalaemia: the most common electrolyte abnormality in hospitalised patients; mostly caused by drugs and GI disease
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Hypernatraemia

Hypernatraemia can be caused by a number of critical illnesses: water depletion (decreased intake, hypotonic fluid loss – renal/non-renal); solute excess (Na+ or other)
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Calcium basics

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body. 1.5% of body weight; 99% is in bone matrix; 1100gramm (27mmol)