ALLMedicine™ Hypokalemia Center

Jun 9th, 2021 - Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is characterized by an impairment of urinary acidification resulting in metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, and inappropriately elevated urine pH. If not treated, this chronic condition eventually leads to nephroc...

May 21st, 2021 - Several medicines, including cancer therapies, are known to alter the electrophysiological function of ventricular myocytes resulting in abnormal prolongation and dispersion of ventricular repolarization (quantified by multi-lead QTc measurement)....

May 11th, 2021 - Thiazide diuretics are a mainstay in the management of hypertension and often associated with dyselectrolytemias. We investigated prevalence of and risk factors for hyponatremia and hypokalemia in thiazide users, substance-specific differences and...

May 8th, 2021 - Small cell lung carcinoma, when associated with co-occurrence of complications such as paraneoplastic syndrome and superior vena cava syndrome, poses a greater management challenge to the clinical team. We report a 56-year-old man who was eventual...

May 3rd, 2021 - Despite widespread recommendations and use of intravenous corticosteroids (IVCS) for the treatment of acute flares of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, limited evidence exists comparing outcomes of the two most common regimens, intravenous m...

Apr 30th, 2016 - For high-risk groups of hypertensive patients and those with hypokalemia, we recommend case detection of primary aldosteronism by determining the aldosterone-renin ratio under standard conditions and recommend that a commonly used confirmatory tes.

Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) or vaping product use–associated lung injury (EVALI) is an emerging public health epidemic.1 The pathogenesis and natural history are still unknown despite a series of cases that have been reported in the United ...

Jun 9th, 2021 - Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is characterized by an impairment of urinary acidification resulting in metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, and inappropriately elevated urine pH. If not treated, this chronic condition eventually leads to nephroc...

May 21st, 2021 - Several medicines, including cancer therapies, are known to alter the electrophysiological function of ventricular myocytes resulting in abnormal prolongation and dispersion of ventricular repolarization (quantified by multi-lead QTc measurement)....

May 16th, 2021 - BECAUSE OF REPORTS OF INTESTINAL AND GASTRIC ULCERATION AND BLEEDING WITH CONTROLLED-RELEASE POTASSIUM CHLORIDE PREPARATIONS, THESE DRUGS SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR THOSE PATIENTS WHO CANNOT TOLERATE OR REFUSE TO TAKE LIQUID OR EFFERVESCENT POTASSIUM ...

May 11th, 2021 - Thiazide diuretics are a mainstay in the management of hypertension and often associated with dyselectrolytemias. We investigated prevalence of and risk factors for hyponatremia and hypokalemia in thiazide users, substance-specific differences and...

May 9th, 2021 - Potassium chloride extended-release capsules are indicated for the treatment and prophylaxis of hypokalemia in adults and children with or without metabolic alkalosis, in patients for whom dietary management with potassium-rich foods or diuretic d...

Oct 27th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A recent move to use isotonic rather than hypotonic intravenous fluids (IVFs) in acutely ill children could be boosting their risk of developing electrolyte disorders, a new trial suggests. "Commercially available isoto...

Feb 5th, 2020 - The Food and Drug Administration has issued a public health alert warning consumers to avoid the use of dietary supplements that contain cesium chloride or any other cesium salt because of significant safety risks. Cesium salts are sometimes adver.

Aug 1st, 2019 - To the Editor: We read with great pleasure the article by Sharayah et al about acute gastro­paresis in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis. 1 However, in the case description, the authors reached a diagnosis of gastroparesis secondary to diabetic.

Jun 11th, 2019 - The most reliable screening test for primary aldosterone is the ARR, although false-negative and false-positive results are possible. 11 False-negative results can be caused by dietary salt restriction, hypokalemia, and use of medications including.

Aug 8th, 2018 - WASHINGTON -- The FDA debuted a new process for reviewing generic drug applications in approving oral potassium chloride solutions made by Apotex. Several strengths of the KCl solutions, used to treat hypokalemia, were approved Wednesday and are t...