This is a report of a non-collapsed patient with nonfatal, extreme hyperkalaemia of 10.7 mmol/L. The patient's hyperkalaemia was initially treated in the Emergency Department and then transferred to the Department of Renal Medicine of another hospital for further stabilisation. There have only been a few reported cases of successful management of extreme hyperkalaemia in excess of 10.0 mmol/L.
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