Sodium polystyrene sulfonate - Is it truly effective treatment for hyperkalemia?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-

  Einbinder, Yael ^a   Korzets, Ze'ev ^a,b   Goodman, Debbie J ^b   Benchetrit, Sydney ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SORBITOL; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; LETTER; MALE; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 84921684316     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CN108334     Document Type: Letter

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