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Hyperkalemia
1) Hyperkalemia; higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs.
2) The presence of an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood -- called also hyperpotassemia.
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