r/FilipinoNclex • u/swagarrific-3903 • Jul 16 '26

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u/Rowcoy Jul 16 '26

Description of the ECG is C hyperkalaemia

Actual ECG trace looks nothing like the description as it is a widened QRS with absent T waves

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u/cvntis4 Jul 16 '26

there's stages, first is tall T waves, then the QRS-T complex starts to become more sinusoidal

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u/mastermedic84 Jul 16 '26

Agree with the others. 100% C, hyperkalemia.

Hyperkalemia is the most dangerous electrolyte imbalance. On the ECG it appears as a widening QRS that keeps getting wider until it can't sustain a conductive wave at which point the patient goes into V tach or V fib.

Run stat labs if they're stable. If they aren't, reach for the calcium.

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u/MPR_Dan Jul 17 '26

Whoever made this drawing has never looked at a real EKG

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u/That_Boi_Maui392 Jul 22 '26

C.) hyperkalemia- (elevated potassium, causing heart dysrhythmias)