منابع مشابه
Hyperkalaemia.
Hyperkalaemia is defined as serum potassium concentration greater than 5.5 mmol/l. Its prevalence in the general population is unknown, but it is thought to occur in 1-10% of patients admitted to hospital.1 The rate of morbidity and mortality associated with hyperkalaemia has risen greatly with the use of drugs that target the renin-angiotensin system, and since publication 10 years ago of a ra...
متن کاملManagement of hyperkalaemia in adults.
The reported incidence of hyperkalaemia in hospitalisedpatients is between 1 and 10%. I Thevast majority of cases are related to patients prescribed angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) in conjunction with spironolactone with pre-existing or new renal failure. Most other cases are related to potassium supplementation and prescription of diure...
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OBJECTIVES To characterise the risk of admission to hospital for hyperkalaemia in elderly patients treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in combination with spironolactone. DESIGN Population based nested case-control study. SETTING Ontario, Canada, from 1 April 1992 to 1 March 2010. PARTICIPANTS Cases were residents of Ontario aged 66 years or above receiving chronic treatment with s...
متن کاملSpurious hyperkalaemia: an insight.
Hyperkalaemia is a common electrolyte disorder with potentially lethal consequences and can lead to life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias. Spurious hyperkalaemia, also known as pseudohyperkalaemia or factitious hyperkalaemiais, is also quite common in clinical practice and it's a source of avoidable emergency department visits or hospital admissions. We report a case in which alarming hyperkala...
متن کاملDurian induced hyperkalaemia.
Hyperkalaemia is a life threatening acute medical emergency. Patients with end stage renal failure are more prone to get hyperkalaemia as potassium is normally excreted via the kidneys. Therefore, patients with end stage renal failure should avoid food with high potassium contents. Bananas are well known to have high potassium content. However, the 'king of fruits' the durian, has higher potass...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/90.11.726a