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Low Serum Potassium Levels and Clinical Outcomes in Peritoneal Dialysis—International Results from PDOPPS

open access: yesKidney International Reports, 2021
Introduction: Hypokalemia, including normal range values 
Simon J. Davies   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hypertension in mice lacking 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Deficiency of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2) in humans leads to the syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess (SAME), in which cortisol illicitly occupies mineralocorticoid receptors, causing sodium retention, hypokalemia, and ...
Arriza   +39 more
core   +5 more sources

Hypokalemic paralysis associated with cystic disease of the kidney: case report

open access: yesBMC Nephrology, 2011
Background Severe hypokalemia is known to cause muscle paralysis, and renal tubular acidosis is a recognized cause. Cystic disease of the kidney is associated with severe hypokalemia.
Jayasinghe Saroj   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of psychiatric patients with hypokalemia after yokukansan administration: A retrospective study

open access: yesPCN Reports, 2023
Aim Yokukansan is a Japanese herbal medicine used in psychiatry to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and other psychiatric symptoms.
Kazuya Yasuda   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methadone and Corrected QT Prolongation in Pain and Palliative Care Patients: A Case–Control Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Methadone (ME) is commonly used in pain and palliative care (PPC) patients with refractory pain or intolerable opioid adverse effects (AEs).
Brown, Jack   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Transient Hyperkalemia Following Treatment of Chronic Hypokalemia: A Case Report and Review of Distal Tubule Physiology

open access: yesCase Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis, 2022
Hypokalemia is a relatively common electrolyte disorder usually resulting from gastrointestinal wasting. Transient hyperkalemia in those treated for hypokalemia has been previously described to occur in 16% of hospitalized patients. The majority of those
Matthew C. Breeggemann, Stephen L. Gluck
doaj   +1 more source

Rhabdomyolysis in an HIV cohort: epidemiology, causes and outcomes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BackgroundThe Literature on rhabdomyolysis in the HIV-positive population is sparse and limited. We aimed to explore the incidence, patient characteristics, etiologies and outcomes of rhabdomyolysis in a cohort of HIV-positive patients identified through
Atta, Mohamed G   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Sodium leak through K2P potassium channels and cardiac arrhythmia, an emerging theme. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, Decher et al (2017) identify a point mutation in the K2P2 (TREK‐1) potassium (K+) channel that changes function in just those ways expected to predispose to right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) ventricular
Goldstein, Steve An
core   +2 more sources

Case of severe hypertension and nephrotic range proteinuria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
No abstract ...
Bursztyn, Michael   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence and Management of Hypokalemia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in Qatar

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nephrology, 2019
Introduction. Hypokalemia is common in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). It is associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Treatment usually includes oral potassium supplements, which are poorly tolerated. Our aim was to
Abdullah Hamad   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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