Twenty-eight year old gentleman with dialysis requiring renal failure awaiting kidney transplantation.

Clinical History 188

Twenty-eight year old gentleman with dialysis requiring renal failure awaiting kidney transplantation. He has a past history of advanced hypertension. His serum potassium level at the time of this electrocardiogram was 6.3 meq/l.
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Sixty-seven year old woman on hemodialysis secondary to long-standing hypertension

Clinical History 115

Sixty-seven year old woman on hemodialysis secondary to long-standing hypertension who is urgently admitted to the hospital with sudden onset sharp abdominal pain. Her medications included atenolol, famotidine, timolol eye drops and hydralazine. Her serum potassium at the time of this electrocardiogram was 4.4 meq/L
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Nineteen year old gentleman with dialysis requiring end stage renal disease

Clinical History 105

Nineteen year old gentleman with dialysis requiring end stage renal disease of unknown etiology who presented to the hospital with symptoms of shortness of breath and chest X-ray confirmation of pulmonary edema. His serum potassium at the time of admission was 6.8 meq/L. His serum calcium was 6.0 mg/dl.
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Forty-seven year old woman with dialysis requiring renal failure secondary to long-standing hypertension

Clinical History 87

Forty-seven year old woman with dialysis requiring renal failure secondary to long-standing hypertension who presented to the hospital with recent onset shortness of breath. At the time of this electrocardiogram her serum calcium was 7.2 mg/dl and her serum potassium was 6.4 meq/L
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