Meaning of kalemia | Babel Free

Definitions

The presence of potassium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).

especially, in-compounds, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Patients with renal insufficiency following trauma present⟳ special problems in management because clinical uremia, high levels of azotemia and kalemia, and myocardial potassium intoxication develop⟳ rapidly.”

“One of the criteria of efficiency is the reversal of these potassium movements, with decrease of kalemia and increase⟳ of the intra-cellular cation, expressing a recovery of ATPase activity.”

“Various factors influence⟳ the effects of hyper and hypokalemia on the heart: the rate of the change⟳ in kalemia levels, the plasmatic concentration of remaining ions which contribute⟳ to the cell Em, and the simultaneous use⟳ of drugs.”

CEFR level