Predictors for repeated hyperkalemia and potassium trajectories in high-risk patients - A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Understanding predictors and trajectories of increased potassium may inform testing and treatment of hyperkalemia. We examined predictors for repeated hyperkalemia among patients after first-time renin angiotensin system inhibitor (RASi) prescription, chronic kidney disease (CKD), or chronic heart failure (CHF); and we also examined potassium trajectories in these patients after their first hyperkalemia event. We used Danish population-based registries to identify all patients with first-time RASi prescription, incident CKD, or incident CHF (2000-2012). For patients with a first hyperkalemia event, potassium trajectories over the following 6 months were examined. The predictors associated with repeated hyperkalemia were assessed, with repeated hyperkalemia defined as a potassium test >5.0

SUBMITTER: Adelborg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588240 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature