Lesson of the week: Danger of salt substitutes that contain potassium in patients with renal failure

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7379, 2003, Pages 35-36

  Doorenbos, C J ^a   Vermeij, C G ^a  

^a DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; POTASSIUM; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 0037417607     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7379.35     Document Type: Article

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