Hyperkalemia is a common electrolyte disorder, especially among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes mellitus, or heart failure. 1–3 Hyperkalemia represents one of the most important ...

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 ...

Hyperkalemia is when you have too much potassium in your blood. This may negatively affect the muscles that control your heartbeat and breathing. Especially if left unmanaged, or if you have certain ...

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

Hyperkalemia is a serious, often life threatening complication of diabetes-related kidney disease. This is one of the most common electrolyte imbalances experienced by people with kidney disease, or ...

Hyperkalemia is the medical term for high potassium levels. There are often no symptoms of hyperkalemia, but it can be a sign of kidney disease, dehydration, diabetes complications, and many other ...

Diabetic nephropathy is a complication of diabetes that affects the kidneys. Hyperkalemia refers to high levels of potassium in the blood. Damage to the kidneys can result in hyperkalemia. Diabetic ...

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 ...

As explained by the National Kidney Foundation, the goal of management of chronic hyperkalemia -- i.e., high levels of potassium in the blood -- is to prevent the development or recurrence of the ...

CTC Heterogeneity Predicts Hormone Therapy Response in mCRPC In-hospital mortality risk was more than double among patients whose hyperkalemia persisted than those whose potassium levels normalized.

blood test Nearly 74% of hemodialysis patients experienced pre-dialysis hyperkalemia within 1 year of enrollment in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study, according to investigators. In ...