LISBON, PORTUGAL — Elevated potassium is common and associated with poor outcomes in a real-world population of patients with diabetes, new research finds. Results from the Danish population-based ...

Postoperative hyperkalemia is an important complication of adrenalectomy for aldosterone-producing adenoma. Recently, postoperative hyperkalemia has been found to have a relatively high incidence ...

Although serum potassium monitoring is recommended to reduce the risk of hyperkalemia, only a small percentage of patients taking RAAS inhibitors are monitored. Hyperkalemia diagnosis is often missed ...

G_hyperkalemia_web Longitudinal study with preplanned serum potassium measurements may provide a more accurate estimate of the burden of hyperkalemia among CKD patients. Nearly one third of patients ...

October 8, 2009 (UPDATED October 23, 2009) — Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) are more likely than other antihypertensive drugs to cause hyperkalemia, according to the results of a ...

Amid positive data from three trials on two novel agents for hyperkalemia, questions about long-term safety and efficacy remain, researchers said. According to an editorial in the New England Journal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An analysis of transgender teens prescribed spironolactone showed that only 2.2% developed hyperkalemia after ...

G_hyperkalemia_web How much do your patients know about the dangers of high potassium levels in the body? They may know that potassium is good for you, or that you need specific levels of it in the ...

The drug fills a void for patients with chronic kidney disease, including those with diabetes, who have high potassium levels. Today, the FDA approved patiromer for oral suspension, to be marketed as ...

While many healthcare professionals understand the danger of kidney disease, and how critical the organs are in our everyday lives, few understand one of the serious conditions that often occurs when ...

Hyperkalemia is an abnormally high level of potassium in the blood. The normal level of serum potassium (potassium in the fluid portion of the blood) is 3.5 to 5.0 mmol/l. When serum potassium is ...