Trans-tubular potassium gradient in patients with drug-induced hyperkalemia

Nephron

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-61

  Mayan, H ^a   Kantor, R ^a   Farfel, Z ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Drugs; Hyperkalemia; Trans tubular potassium gradient

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AMILORIDE PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ATENOLOL; CAPTOPRIL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DICLOFENAC; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ELECTROLYTE; FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM OSMOLARITY; URINE OSMOLALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CAPTOPRIL; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; UREMIA;

EID: 0034866417     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046044     Document Type: Article

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