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Aims and objectives
To describe the prevalence of pressure ulcers among middle‐ and older‐aged patients in a general medical hospital in Norway and to describe the associations between pressure ulcers and potential risk factors additional to the Braden risk score.
Background
Degrees of mobility, activity, perfusion and skin status are risk factors for development of pressure ulcer. Nurses’ clinical...
Key pointsHypokalaemia is a risk factor for development of ventricular arrhythmias.In rat ventricular myocytes, low extracellular K+ (corresponding to clinical moderate hypokalaemia) increased Ca2+ wave probability, Ca2+ transient amplitude, sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ load and induced SR Ca2+ leak.Low extracellular K+ reduced Na+,K+‐ATPase (NKA) activity and hyperpolarized the resting membrane...
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