Preventing hypokalemia
Dietary modification is an inefficient and calorically unwise means of preventing hypokalemia; potassium supplements present compliance problems and are of little or no use in the patient with a concomitant magnesium deficiency. Prescribing potassium-sparing diuretics is the best prevention-oriente...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Complicated Cardiac Patient. - 1987. - 1(1987), 2 vom: 03., Seite 2, 32 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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1987
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Complicated Cardiac Patient |
| Schlagworte: | Editorial NASA Discipline Number 21-50 NASA Discipline Regulatory Physiology NASA Program Space Medicine Non-NASA Center Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Diuretics Hydrochlorothiazide 0J48LPH2TH Potassium |
| Zusammenfassung: | Dietary modification is an inefficient and calorically unwise means of preventing hypokalemia; potassium supplements present compliance problems and are of little or no use in the patient with a concomitant magnesium deficiency. Prescribing potassium-sparing diuretics is the best prevention-oriented choice, but diabetics and older patients must be monitored for signs of hyperkalemia, and it is generally better not to use these agents in patients who are also taking ACE inhibitors |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 10.10.1997 Date Revised 21.11.2013 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0888-3777 |