Hyperkalemia is a potentially life-threatening electrolyte disorder appreciated with greater
frequency in patients with renal disease, heart failure, and with use of certain medications …

Hyperkalemia is a potentially life-threatening complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
The management of CKD requires balancing the benefits of specific treatments, which may …

Importance For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), hyperkalemia is common,
associated with fatal arrhythmias, and often asymptomatic, while guideline-directed …

Background Patients with ESRD have minimal renal potassium excretion and, despite
hemodialysis, often have persistent predialysis hyperkalemia. The DIALIZE study …

Results The median potassium intake at baseline was 3.5 (interquartile range, 2.5–5.0) g/d.
During a median follow-up of 4.0 years (25,890 person-years), we observed 2921 (36%) …

Despite recent therapeutic advances, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the fastest
growing global causes of death. This illustrates limitations of current therapeutic approaches …

Purpose To provide the first systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies on
the association of abnormal serum potassium and cardiovascular outcomes. Methods …

For individuals with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD), the novel coronavirus can present
several additional challenges in disease self‐management. This study aimed to explore the …

Hyperkalemia is a common clinical problem with potentially fatal consequences. The
prevalence of hyperkalemia is increasing, partially due to wide-scale utilization of …

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance dialysis have a high risk of
developing hyperkalemia, generally defined as serum potassium (K+) concentrations of> 5.0 …