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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a urine albumin-creatinine ratio of at least 3,500 mg/g had high rates of hyperkalemia. High rates ...

A real-world study finds reduced RAASi-related hyperkalemia risk among at-risk patients initiating SGLT2 inhibitors. Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) use is associated with lower ...

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 ...

Over the weekend AliveCor announced that its technology was validated in two studies. The first found that its KardiaBand, which works as a personal electrocardiogram device, can accurately detect ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A reduced risk for death may balance out concerns about hyperkalemia when treating heart failure with renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists ...

Hyperkalemia is a potentially serious condition that can result in life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and is associated with an increased mortality risk. Patients older than 65 years who have an ...

Hyperkalemia increases the risk of death and limits the use of inhibitors of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) in high-risk patients. We assessed the safety and efficacy of patiromer, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hyperkalemia is a relatively common transient acute electrolyte abnormality. Due to its propensity to cause ...

AliveCor’s KardiaBand is the first Apple Watch accessory to gain FDA approval, allowing users to get an electrocardiogram (EKG) reading right from their smart band. Naturally, you can use that to take ...

Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS) administration has been associated with colonic necrosis, more commonly in surgical patients or those with ESRD. Sorbitol that is added to SPS to prevent ...