Higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood

• Associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs

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n. higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs [ant: hypokalemia ]

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n. (label en medicine) The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood

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Hyperkalemia , also spelled hyperkalaemia , is an elevated level of the electrolyte potassium (K) in the blood. The symptoms of elevated potassium are nonspecific, and the condition is usually discovered by a blood test performed for another reason. Extreme ...