Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole: Hyperkalemia is an important complication regardless of dose

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-192

  Perazella, M A ^a   Mahnensmith, R L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; AIDS; Hyperkalemia; Renal insufficiency; Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; POTASSIUM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM EXCRETION;

AGE FACTORS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POTASSIUM; RISK FACTORS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0029842265     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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