Hyperkalemia Incidence in Patients With Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: A Large Retrospective Cohort Study From United States Clinical Care.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Estimates of the incidence of hyperkalemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) vary widely. Our objective was to estimate hyperkalemia incidence in patients with CKD from routine clinical care, including by level of kidney damage or function and among important patient subgroups.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting & participants

1,771,900 patients with stage 1-4 CKD identified from the US Optum De-Identified electronic health records database.

Exposures or predictors

Impaired kidney damage or function level at baseline based on urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), respectively, and selected patient subgroups.

Outcomes

Hyperkalemia: 2 elevated serum potassium

SUBMITTER: van Boemmel-Wegmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11424931 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature