Potassium Deficiency (Hypokalemia): Diagnostic Tests

Mandatory medical device diagnostics.

  • Blood pressure measurement
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG; recording of the electrical activity of the heart muscle) – standard examination for cardiac arrhythmias[Hypokalemia: increased P amplitude, ST depression, T flattening, U waves, TU fusion; Cave (Warning)! Increased digitalis sensitivity]Note: Acute hypokalemia shows less pronounced ECG changes than chronic hypokalemia.