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Emergency interventions for hyperkalaemia
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