A Novel Peritoneal Packing Method for Management of Hyperkalemia During Acute Kidney Injury in Trauma

CONCLUSIONS: This is the first demonstration of an effective technology for the management of hyperkalemia in trauma in the absence of standard of care; renal replacement therapy. We identified that PBP was able to consistently maintain a concentration gradient between dialysate in the peritoneum and system potassium concentration throughout the experiment. Furthermore, systemic potassium concentrations were reduced in a clinically relevant manner in the PBP group compared to CON. This suggests that peritoneal packing technology for the management of metabolic disturbances in trauma has potential for clinical application. These results are preliminary and should be interpreted with caution.PMID:38421742 | DOI:10.1093/milmed/usae018
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research