Hyponatremia at Hemodialysis Initiation Increases Death Risk Investigators report a low incidence of hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia after a single dose of patiromer monotherapy. Patiromer monotherapy ...

Serum potassium levels prior to an acute hyperkalemia episode do not predict mortality, but following this episode, progression from normokalemia to hyperkalemia is significantly associated with an ...

A 72-year-old man presents to his family physician for follow-up of hypertension, reporting fatigue and generalized weakness. His medical history also includes peptic ulcer disease, type 2 diabetes ...

Hyperkalemia, an electrolyte disorder associated with kidney dysfunction, is relatively common among emergency department (ED) patients and can be life threatening, predominantly due to cardiac ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hyperkalemia is a common electrolyte disorder, especially among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Combination therapy with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and an angiotensin-receptor blocker was tied ...

An ion-exchange resin is a crosslinked polymer containing acidic or basic structural units that can exchange either cations or anions respectively on contact with a solution. Cation-exchange resins ...

While acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious condition that carries the risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), its short- and long-term effects are not well characterized in ...

Background A 43-year-old African-American female (gravida 5 para 0) with an 8-week intrauterine pregnancy presented to the emergency room with crampy abdominal pain, shortness of breath, and shoulder ...