Which laboratory result for a patient with multifocal premature ventricular contractions (PVCs)is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

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Hypokalemia increases the risk for ventricular dysrhythmias such as PVCs,ventricular tachycardia,and ventricular fibrillation. The health care provider will need to prescribe a potassium infusion to correct this abnormality. Although the other laboratory values are also abnormal,they are not likely to be the etiology of the patient's PVCs and do not require immediate correction.

Which Laboratory Result for a Patient with Multifocal Premature Ventricular