 Hyperkalemia
"Hyperkalemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Abnormally high potassium concentration in the blood, most often due to defective renal excretion. It is characterized clinically by electrocardiographic abnormalities (elevated T waves and depressed P waves, and eventually by atrial asystole). In severe cases, weakness and flaccid paralysis may occur. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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D006947
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.452.950.396
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| Concept/Terms |
Hyperkalemia- Hyperkalemia
- Hyperkalemias
- Hyperpotassemia
- Hyperpotassemias
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hyperkalemia" by people in Profiles.
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Betts KA, Woolley JM, Mu F, McDonald E, Tang W, Wu EQ. The prevalence of hyperkalemia in the United States. Curr Med Res Opin. 2018 06; 34(6):971-978.
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Montford JR, Linas S. How Dangerous Is Hyperkalemia? J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Nov; 28(11):3155-3165.
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Bristow MR, Sharma K, Assmann SF, Linas S, Gersh BJ, Grady C, Rice MM, Singh S, Boineau R, McKinlay SM, Greenberg BH. Data and Safety Monitoring Board evaluation and management of a renal adverse event signal in TOPCAT. Eur J Heart Fail. 2017 04; 19(4):457-465.
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Jacknin G, Overbeck MC. Succinylcholine in ED Patients With Unanticipated Hyperkalemia: The authors respond. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Aug; 34(8):1706-7.
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Faubel S, Shah PB. Immediate Consequences of Acute Kidney Injury: The Impact of Traditional and Nontraditional Complications on Mortality in Acute Kidney Injury. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2016 05; 23(3):179-85.
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Grodzinsky A, Goyal A, Gosch K, McCullough PA, Fonarow GC, Mebazaa A, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Palmer BF, Kosiborod M. Prevalence and Prognosis of Hyperkalemia in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Am J Med. 2016 08; 129(8):858-65.
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Jacknin G, Overbeck MC. Succinylcholine in an ED patient with unanticipated hyperkalemia. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Oct; 34(10):2054.e3-2054.e5.
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Allen LA, Shetterly SM, Peterson PN, Gurwitz JH, Smith DH, Brand DW, Fairclough DL, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, Magid DJ. Guideline concordance of testing for hyperkalemia and kidney dysfunction during initiation of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist therapy in patients with heart failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Jan; 7(1):43-50.
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Garg M, Markovchick N. Hyperkalemic paralysis: an elective abortion gone wrong. J Emerg Med. 2013 Aug; 45(2):190-3.
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Sopfe J, Simmons JH. Failure to thrive, hyponatremia, and hyperkalemia in a neonate. Pediatr Ann. 2013 May; 42(5):74-9.
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