Pre-dialysis hyperkalemia highly prevalent among hemodialysis patients, Finds study
Patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis have a high risk of developing hyperkalemia, generally defined as serum potassium (K+) concentrations of >5.0 mmol/l, particularly those undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.
A recent research presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings (virtual meeting) highlighted the fact that there is "relatively high" prevalence rate of pre-dialysis hyperkalemia among patients on hemodialysis, most commonly appreciated in women and younger patients.
Kerry Cooper and colleagues conducted a RE-UTILIZE study wherein the team of researchers included a total of 9,347 participants with at least one potassium lab result present in the retrospective observational cohort study. Of these participants, 58% were men, 49% were older than 66 years and 56% were undergoing hemodialysis.
The occurrence of pre-dialysis HK was analyzed during the course of a year and a sensitivity analysis was used to report the prevalence of hyperkalemia at 1- and 3-month intervals. Furthermore, a logistic regression model was used to examine the prevalence of hyperkalemia and patient characteristic associations.
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