Abstract:
:Hyperkalemia is a commonly encountered problem in dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease. In this study we evaluated the effect of mineralocorticoid therapy (MCT; fludrocortisone 0.1-0.3 mg per os daily) on serum potassium of hyperkalemic end-stage renal disease patients. Consecutive monthly clinical and biochemical profiles 3-6 months before and after MCT were compared. Twenty-one patients with a mean age (+/- SE) of 54 +/- 4 years (11 male and 10 female) were studied. Two patients were dropped from this study because they required a change in prescription of dialysis after starting MCT. Mean serum potassium levels significantly fell (p < 0.001) during the post-MCT period (4.9 +/- 0.1 mEq/l) compared with potassium levels during the pre-MCT (5.6 +/- 0.1 mEq/l) period. All patients except 1 showed a reduction in serum potassium levels after MCT. Pre- and post-MCT values were not different for body weight, mean blood pressure, blood urea nitrogen, serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, lactate dehydrogenase, sodium, chloride, bicarbonate, creatinine and albumin. Since the majority of the patients were anuric (n = 15), a decrease in serum potassium values in the post-MCT period was not due to loss of potassium in the urine. MCT appears to decrease serum potassium values in patients with end-stage renal disease by extrarenal mechanisms. We conclude that MCT can be used safely to lower serum potassium in patients with end-stage renal disease.
journal_name
Am J Nephroljournal_title
American journal of nephrologyauthors
Singhal PC,Desroches L,Mattana J,Abramovici M,Wagner JD,Maesaka JKdoi
10.1159/000168604subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-01-01 00:00:00pages
138-41issue
2eissn
0250-8095issn
1421-9670journal_volume
13pub_type
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