Journal article
Emergency interventions for hyperkalaemia
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hyperkalaemia occurs in outpatients and in between 1% and 10% of hospitalised patients. When severe, consequences include arrhythmia and death.
OBJECTIVES: To review randomised evidence informing the emergency (i.e. acute, rather than chronic) management of hyperkalaemia
Authors
Mahoney BA; Smith WA; Lo D; Tsoi K; Tonelli M; Clase C
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 2016, No. 2,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd003235.pub2
ISSN
1361-6137