CONCEPT MAP WORKSHEET DESCRIBE DISEASE PROCESS AFFECTING PATIENT (INCLUDE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DISEASE PROCESS) Slight deviations in serum levels can produce profound clinical consequences. Deviations r esult from deficient intake of potassium, increased excretion of potassium, or a shift of potassium from extracellular to intracellular space. Potassium imbalance can lead to muscle weakness and flaccid paralysis because of an ionic imbalance in neuromuscular tissue excitability.

CONCEPT MAP WORKSHEET DESCRIBE DISEASE PROCESS AFFECTING PATIENT (INCLUDE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DISEASE PROCESS) Slight deviations in serum levels can produce profound clinical consequences. Deviations result from deficient intake of potassium, increased excretion of potassium, or a shift of potassium from extracellular to intracellular space. Potassium imbalance can lead to muscle weakness and flaccid paralysis because of an ionic imbalance in neuromuscular tissue excitability.