Do you administer calcium to patients with K > 6.5 without EKG changes?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
No. But our ER does as a reflex and I don't have a problem with that. It used to drive me nuts bc it sent the wrong message, as though Ca lowers [K] level (of course it does not, it just decreases cardiac effect). But you don't know how fast they are being seen, how fast they will get treated, so I ...