Even if you’re not having any symptoms, hyperkalemia can affect your heart and other parts of your body, so it’s important to treat it. The type of treatment you get depends on whether it’s ...

Hyperkalemia can cause life-threatening arrhythmia, and thus recognizing related patterns on the ECG is crucial. The ECG findings of hyperkalemia change as the potassium level increases, from ...

The kaliuretic effect of loop diuretics such as furosemide means that hyperkalemia associated with ... including the heart, blood vessels, and brain. Thus, mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonists ...

Hyperkalemia makes it hard for your nerve and muscle cells to work like they should. As a result, you may have muscle weakness, tiredness, paralysis, abnormal heart rhythms, chest pain ...

SGLT2 inhibitor use is associated with a reduced risk of hyperkalemia and lower rates of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system ...

A new study used unsupervised machine learning consensus clustering to identify and characterize distinct clusters of those with hospitalized with hyperkalemia ... examined the effects on all ...

Hyperkalemia is a potentially serious condition that may be associated with numerous pathophysiological conditions. Clinically significant hyperkalemia reduces membrane excitability and disturbs ...

have carried out a time-series analysis to examine the effects of RALES ... hospitalization for hyperkalemia and associated mortality. Among patients with heart failure who were treated with ...

SGLT2 inhibitors may enable continuation of RAAS inhibitors for hypertension treatment, which is linked with better kidney and cardiovascular outcomes.

The classic digoxin effect ― or the “reverse checkmark ... Digoxin toxicity causes hyperkalemia, or high potassium. The sodium/potassium ATPase pump normally causes sodium to leave cells ...

Hyperkalemia, or high potassium, poses a significant threat, especially for individuals with chronic kidney disease or heart failure. Early detection through blood tests is crucial, as the ...

Adverse effects of both spironolactone and eplerenone include potentially life-threatening hyperkalemia, which can be induced by renal insufficiency, diabetes mellitus, advanced heart failure ...