hiperkalemia

OBJECTIVE: Generate recommendations for the diagnosis, management, and follow-up of chronic hyperkalemia. METHOD: This consensus was made by nephrologists and cardiologists following the GRADE methodology. RESULTS: Chronic hyperkalemia can be defined as a biochemical condition with or without clinical manifestations characterized by a recurrent elevation of serum potassium levels that may require pharmacological and or non-pharmacological intervention...

Hyperkalemia, a common electrolyte disorder, is seen often in emergency departments. Patient outcomes are impacted by proper management, which requires consideration of both clinical and laboratory findings in relation to kidney function, hydration, the acid-base balance, and heart involvement. Delicate decisions about the timing of potassium level correction must be tailored in each case. For these reasons the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES), the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC), and the Spanish Society of Nephrology (SEN) joined forces to come to a consensus on defining the problem and recommending treatments that improve hospital emergency department management of hyperkalemia...

BACKGROUND: There is a lack of data regarding hyperkalemia after liver transplantation. AIM: To evaluate the prevalence of hyperkalemia after liver transplantation and its associated factors. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study evaluated 147 consecutive post-transplant patients who had at least one year of outpatient medical follow up. The data collection included gender, age, potassium values, urea, creatinine, sodium and medication use at 1, 6 and 12 months after...

The administration of l-arginine hydrochloride has been used for testing pituitary secretion in humans, and as an experimental model for induction of acute pancreatitis in rats and mice. Whereas in the first case, the administration of the amino acid is associated with hiperkalemia, in the model of acute pancreatitis no data are available on possible changes in potassium homeostasis. The present study shows that the acute administration to mice of l-arginine hydrochloride or other cationic amino acids almost duplicate plasma potassium levels...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in serum electrolytes during Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and to evaluate the degree of correlation of hyponatremia and the factors that affect the incidence of TURP syndrome and to show the impact of the duration of the procedure on the severity of hyponatremia due to absorption of irrigation fluid in the systemic circulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study examined 60 male patients planned for elective TURP...

Hyperkalemia is a common and potentially lethal clinical problem. It may be caused by several drugs, especially those which target the renin-angiotensin--aldosterone system, inability of kidney to excrete potassium, a shift of these ions into the extracellular fluid, or a combination of those mechanisms. It can be also spurious, caused by hemolysis after blood drawing. In the article the conditions associated with hyperkalemia, its diagnosis and the management are reviewed.

INTRODUCTION: The therapy of cardiovascular diseases has improved rapidly over the past 20 years. The most commonly used medications in cardiac patients are drugs affecting potassium homeostasis in the kidneys or the gastrointestinal tract, particularly inhibitors of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) axis. They all can lead to hyperkalemia. This disorder may cause severe damage to the muscles and both the nervous and cardiovascular systems. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and clinical course of moderate and severe iatrogenic hiperkalemia in patients hospitalized for cardiovascular disease...

UNLABELLED: An important number of Hospital admissions (HA) occurs through Hospital Emergency Departments (HED). This is a indicator of quality and have to be lower than 50%. However there are almost no data available on the causes of emergency consultation by outpatient hemodialysis patients (HD). For this reason, we prospectively examined a population of 83 outpatient HD patients dialyzed in a peripheral unit under the surveillance of a University Hospital. OBJECTIVES: 1) To know the diagnosis of HED and days of hospitalization for which HD patients came to the HED in 1998...

20-years old man was admitted to the hospital because of a few paroxysmal muscle paralysis episodes with pronounced periodic hiperkalemia (maximal 9.8 mmol/l). The first episode was preceded by a very hard physical effort. Primary adrenal insufficiency was recognised on the basis of clinical, humoral and biochemical examinations. There was elevated ACTH and a very low serum level of cortisol and aldosterone. There was slight metabolic acidosis and hiponatremia. The patient was treated with hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone acetate (Cortineff) with positive result...