Dialysate Potassium and Mortality in a Prospective Hemodialysis Cohort.

CONCLUSION: Low (1 mEq/L) dialysate potassium -concentrations were associated with higher mortality, particularly in hemodialysis patients with high pre-dialysis serum potassium. Further studies are needed to identify therapeutic strategies that mitigate inter-dialytic serum potassium accumulation and subsequent high dialysate serum potassium gradients in this population. PMID: 29879714 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - June 7, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ferrey A, You AS, Kovesdy CP, Nakata T, Veliz M, Nguyen DV, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Rhee CM Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research