Observational study of the relative efficacy of insulin-glucose treatment for hyperkalaemia in patients with liver cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if liver cirrhosis is associated with reduced efficacy of insulin-glucose treatment in moderate to severe hyperkalaemia.

Design

Retrospective, cohort study.

Setting

Two secondary and one tertiary care hospital at a large metropolitan healthcare network in Melbourne, Australia.

Participants

This study included 463 adults with a mean age of 68.7±15.8 years, comprising 79 patients with cirrhosis and 384 without cirrhosis as controls, who received standard insulin-glucose treatment for a serum potassium ≥6.0 mmol/L from October 2016 to March 2020. Patients were excluded if they received an insulin infusion, or if there was inadequate follow-up data for at least 6 hours after IDT due to death, lost to follow-up or inadequate biochemistry moni

SUBMITTER: Lim AKH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8543643 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature