Prevalence of Hyperkalemia in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Nested Case-Control Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes mellitus was found to elevate the prevalence of hyperkalemia only in CKD Stage 3 patients (moderately impaired renal function). Advanced CKD at Stage 4 and ACEIs are major determinants of hyperkalemia occurrence. PMID: 26599956 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - November 25, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Loutradis C, Tolika P, Skodra A, Avdelidou A, Sarafidis PA Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research