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YES! in fact, if it is not monitored, it can raise blood potassium to dangeriously high levels that can cause the heart's normal rythm to be disrupted.
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∙ 14y agoPotassium increases blood flow and also regulates blood pressure.
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What is tissue perfusion?
Blood flow and tissue perfusion are NOT the same thing. An increase in blood flow does not always mean that there is a parallel increase in tissue perfusion. While blood flow is generally understood as an increase in the total amount of blood flowing into an anatomic structure or region, tissue perfusion is the amount of blood that actually flow through the capillaries of the vascular bed of that structure or region. The important thing to remember is that nutrients and oxygen are delivered to the cells via the capillaries.
Excess blood potassium hyperkalemia is removed by increasing secretion of the hormone which stimulates an increase in the secretion of potassium by cells within the?
aldosterone; cortical collecting duct
What might happen to blood flow if we increased the number of blood cells?
An increase in the amount of blood cells would likely cause an increase in the diameter of the blood vessels and decrease the visosity both resulting in a increased blood flow. (Think the opposite of anemia.)
What medication is commonly used to treat increase blood flow to the cardiac muscle?
Nitroglycerin.
What is hyper potassium?
Hyperkalemia is an electrolyte imbalance and is indicated by a high level of potassium in the blood. Potassium is an electrolyte found inside the cells of the human body.
What lab values are not affected by sluggish blood flow?
Potassium
Which lab value is not affected by sluggish blood flow in the neonate?
potassium
Would taking loperamide make your Potassium level increase on a blood test?
Loperamide is an anti-diarrheal medicine. The drug itself is not related to an increase in potassium on a blood test. However, having diarrhea can cause you to lose potassium and other minerals. So that a blood test taken before the drug is used can show a low potassium level. When the diarrhea stops, the potassium level will increase.
What Mineral can increase blood pressure?
magnesium, potassium, and calcium
Does exercise increase or decrease the flow of the blood in muscle capillaries?
Increase
What is Vasolidation?
increase in the diameter of blood vessel. it increases the blood flow
What increase blood flow through arterioles?
vasoconstriction
How can the vascular system increase blood flow to specific area of the body?
Except in cases of massive blood loss, it's not the job of the vessels to increase or decrease blood flow, but of the capillary beds.
What causes filtrate to flow from the blood into the glomerulus?
Is increase in blood pressure in the capillaries
When is hot your blood vessel do what to increase blood flow and release heat?
Expand
Does blood flow more when you are taking prescibed medications?
Some medications increase blood flow, like inotropics. Others, like vasoconstrictors, may decrease blood flow.
Does blood flow to the kidneys increase during vigorous exercise?
No
