The following is a summary of “Potassium binders in clinical practice: understanding potassium binder use in contemporary Swedish healthcare—the DEMONSTRATE database,” published in the April 2025 ...

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Mild hyperkalemia, defined as central laboratory–determined serum potassium ≥5.5 mmol/L, was assessed as a sensitivity analysis. In addition, time to first central laboratory–determined hypokalemia, ...

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The addition of SGLT2i to RAASi was associated with lower hyperkalemia risk among patients with diabetes, heart failure, or CKD.

A decade later, hyperkalemia was determined to be the cause of the cardiac arrest in these patients. Since then, other conditions have been identified that may result in succinylcholineinduced ...

Stroke is independently associated with the common conditions of hypokalemia and supraventricular ectopy, and we hypothesize that the combination of excessive supraventricular ectopic activity and ...

Low-potassium foods can help a person lower their ... such as heart disease or cardiac arrest. Hyperkalemia occurs when a person’s blood potassium levels rise above the healthy range of 3.5 ...

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is common, affecting over half of people in the United States over age 40. The most common type is primary hypertension, which has no identifiable cause but can stem ...

Data from a new clinical trial revealed that compared to sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS) treatment, Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) provided faster and more effective resolution of ...

A real-world study finds reduced RAASi-related hyperkalemia risk among at-risk patients initiating SGLT2 inhibitors. Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) use is associated with lower ...