The serum potassium level of a client who has diabetic ketoacidosis is 5.4 mEq/L (5.4 mmol/L). What would the nurse expect to see on the ECG tracing monitor?

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Antoine

16 December, 03:35

The serum potassium level of a client who has diabetic ketoacidosis is 5.4 mEq/L (5.4 mmol/L). What would the nurse expect to see on the ECG tracing monitor?

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Ansley Clarke · Answer 1

The nurse expect to see on the ECG tracing monitor about the " Peaked T waves and widened QRS complexes".

Potassium is the primary intracellular cation (that is positively charged ion), and amid ketoacidosis as it moves out of cells into the extracellular compartment to supplant potassium lost because of glucose-incited osmotic diuresis; overstimulation of the cardiovascular muscle comes about. The T wave is discouraged in hypokalemia. At first, the QT fragment is short, and as the potassium level ascents, the QRS complex augments. P waves are irregular on the grounds that the PR interim might be drawn out and the P wave might be lost; nonetheless, the T wave is topped, not discouraged. The ST portion winds up noticeably discouraged. The PR interval or period is delayed, and the P wave might be lost. QRS edifices and along these lines T waves end up plainly unpredictable, and the rate does not really change.