St. Lucia hotels offer dramatic scenery and are usually beachfront. While these don't have the privacy of a villa, they do come with a lot of perks, including concierge or hotel staff services, access to pools and beaches, and many have restaurants, shops, and bars as well, like Rendezvous on Malabar Beach.
Early signs are nausea, diarrhea, and muscle weakness. As potassium levels increase, marked cardiac changes are observed in the electrocardiogram. Treatment of severe hyperkalemia includes oral administration of Kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate) and IV administration of sodium bicarbonate, calcium salts, and dextrose.
Normally, 98% of the potassium in the body is found in the cells of various tissues, while only about 2% is circulating in the blood. When hyperkalemia occurs, it may come about because of an increase in total body potassium or as a result of increased release of potassium from the cells to the blood.