ALLMedicine™ Hyperkalemia Center

Oct 1st, 2022 - The aim of the study is to analyze whether repeat testing is necessary in healthy children presenting to a pediatric emergency department (ED) who are found to have hyperkalemia on a hemolyzed specimen. A 5-year retrospective analysis of pediatric...

Sep 30th, 2022 - Human kidneys are well adapted to excrete the daily acid load from diet and metabolism in order to maintain homeostasis. In approximately 30% of patients with more advanced stages of CKD, these homeostatic processes are no longer adequate, resulti...

Sep 30th, 2022 - This is an international, multicenter, event-driven, randomized, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study, evaluating the utility of SZC versus placebo to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD), stroke, and arrhythmia-rel...

Sep 28th, 2022 - This study is a multinational, observational, prospective, longitudinal, cohort study that will include primary and secondary data collection. Secondary data, collected as per routine clinical practice will be extracted from electronic health reco...

Sep 27th, 2022 - A male in his late 70s with a history of an uncomplicated kidney transplantation 20 years prior was brought to the Emergency Department after experiencing blunt abdominal trauma following a motor vehicle collision. Imaging revealed a large perinep...

Apr 28th, 2016 - Hypertension Canada's Canadian Hypertension Education Program Guidelines Task Force provides annually updated, evidence-based recommendations to guide the diagnosis, assessment, prevention, and treatment of hypertension. This year, we present 4 ne...

Sep 30th, 2022 - This is an international, multicenter, event-driven, randomized, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study, evaluating the utility of SZC versus placebo to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD), stroke, and arrhythmia-rel...

Sep 28th, 2022 - This study is a multinational, observational, prospective, longitudinal, cohort study that will include primary and secondary data collection. Secondary data, collected as per routine clinical practice will be extracted from electronic health reco...

Sep 26th, 2022 - Up to 54 subjects, 2 - < 18 years of age with CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] < 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 ) and hyperkalemia (two potassium measurements of 5.1 to < 6.5 mEq/L performed on separate days) will be enrolled in this open-label...

Sep 22nd, 2022 - NephroNet proposes to examine whether combining Spironolactone with maximal RAAS blockade will further reduce urinary protein at one year and whether prolonged therapy (24 months) is able to slow the decline in GFR. Because of combination MRA and ...

Sep 16th, 2022 - In Part A, participants who meet all eligibility criteria will initiate patiromer at an oral dose of 8.4 g (1 packet/day). The dose will be adjusted based on the serum potassium (sK+) levels. After the completion of part A, all the participants wh...

Sep 22nd, 2022 - PORTLAND, ORE. – About 10 years ago when Arash Mostaghimi, MD, MPA, MPH, became an attending physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, he noticed that some of his dermatology colleagues checked the potassium levels religiously in their fe.

Sep 2nd, 2022 - Background/Purpose Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is caused by the release of intracellular products into the blood following rapid lysis of malignant cells resulting in hyperuricemia, hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, and hypocalcemia. Complications o.

Sep 1st, 2022 - Introduction Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) cases with thrombocytopenia (T), anasarca (A), Fever (F), reticulin fibrosis (R), and organomegaly (O) are considered a subtype of iMCS called TAFRO syndrome. It is a rare syndrome char.

Aug 31st, 2022 - The study covered in this summary was published in Preprints with The Lancet and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways In a real-world study, discontinuing renin-angiotensin-system inhibitors (RASi) in patients with type 2 diabetes and adv...

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