 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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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hyperkalemia" by people in Profiles.
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Kurzinski KL, Xu Y, Ng DK, Furth SL, Schwartz GJ, Warady BA. Hyperkalemia in pediatric chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol. 2023 09; 38(9):3083-3090.
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Desloovere A, Renken-Terhaerdt J, Tuokkola J, Shaw V, Greenbaum LA, Haffner D, Anderson C, Nelms CL, Oosterveld MJS, Paglialonga F, Polderman N, Qizalbash L, Warady BA, Shroff R, Vande Walle J. The dietary management of potassium in children with CKD stages 2-5 and on dialysis-clinical practice recommendations from the Pediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 06; 36(6):1331-1346.
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Shaffer SG, Kilbride HW, Hayen LK, Meade VM, Warady BA. Hyperkalemia in very low birth weight infants. J Pediatr. 1992 Aug; 121(2):275-9.
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Kilbride HW, Cater G, Warady BA. Early onset hyperkalemia in extremely low birth weight infants. J Perinatol. 1988; 8(3):211-4.
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