Patiromer for Treatment of Hyperkalemia in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Study.

CONCLUSION: In this open label pilot study of severe hyperkalemia, a single dose of 25.2g of oral patiromer reduced serum potassium within 2 hours but did not show a difference at 6 hours. This is the first study showing patiromer may have a role in the acute management of hyperkalemia; however more rigorous studies are needed. PMID: 31599043 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research