Credit: istockphoto A proportion of patients with CKD and hyperkalemia have metabolic acidosis. The following article features coverage from the National Kidney Foundation’s virtual 2020 Spring ...

Four distinct factors—malnutrition, inflammation, acidosis, and hyperkalemia—were recently assessed in more than 1500 patients with community-acquired AKI. Among these patients with mild-to-moderate ...

Metabolic acidosis is characterized by a primary reduction in serum bicarbonate (HCO 3 −) concentration, a secondary decrease in the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO 2) of ∼1 mmHg for ...

HYPERCHLOREMIC acidosis is a characteristic feature of a variety of kidney diseases that have in common impairment of urinary acidification with the excretion of an alkaline urine. These disorders, ...

Hyperkalemia is a common electrolyte disorder, especially among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes mellitus, or heart failure. 1–3 Hyperkalemia represents one of the most important ...

Extensive rhabdomyolysis is often lethal unless treated immediately. Early mortality arises from hypovolemic shock, hyperkalemia, acidosis and myoglobinuric acute kidney injury (AKI). Many individuals ...

G_hyperkalemia_web Longitudinal study with preplanned serum potassium measurements may provide a more accurate estimate of the burden of hyperkalemia among CKD patients. Nearly one third of patients ...

Hyperkalemia is a common and dangerous complication of ESRD and hemodialysis. Number of hemodialysis sessions, BUN, serum sodium, serum calcium, serum phosphorous, and diabetes predict hyperkalemia ...

Hyperkalemia is a relatively common transient acute electrolyte abnormality. Due to its propensity to cause malignant cardiac arrhythmias, severe hyperkalemia is regarded as a medical emergency that ...

Hyperkalemia is common among elderly patients and is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. Patients at highest risk for developing hyperkalemia are those with chronic kidney disease ...

When you have too much potassium in your blood, it’s called hyperkalemia. There are two types of hyperkalemia: acute and chronic. Acute hyperkalemia is a sudden, severe rise in blood potassium levels.