Recommendations for the management of hyperkalemia in the emergency department

TEXT: Hyperkalemia, a common electrolyte disorder, is seen often in emergency departments. Patient outcomes are impacted by proper management, which requires consideration of both clinical and laboratory findings in relation to kidney function, hydration, the acid-base balance, and heart involvement. Delicate decisions about the timing of potassium level correction must be tailored in each case. For these reasons the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES), the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC), and the Spanish Society of Nephrology (SEN) joined forces to come to a consensus on defining the problem and recommending treatments that improve hospital emergency department management of hyperkalemia. Intravenous calcium, insulin and glucose, and salbutamol continue to be used to treat acute hyperkalemia. Either loop or thiazide diuretics can help patients if volume is not depleted, and dialysis may be necessary if there is kidney failure. Ion-exchange resins are falling into disuse because of adverse effects and poor tolerance, whereas novel gastrointestinal cation-exchange resins are gaining ground and may even be of some use in managing acute cases. It is essential to adjust treatment rather than discontinue medications that, even if they favor the development of hyperkalemia, will improve a patient's long-term prognosis. Valid alternative treatment approaches must therefore be sought for each patient group, and close follow-up is imperative.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Emergencias : revista de la Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Emergencias - 34(2022), 4 vom: 28. Aug., Seite 287-297

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Recomendaciones para el manejo de la hiperpotasemia en urgencias

Beteiligte Personen:

Álvarez-Rodríguez, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Olaizola Mendibil, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
San Martín Díez, María de Los Ángeles [VerfasserIn]
Burzako Sánchez, Ainhoa [VerfasserIn]
Esteban-Fernández, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez Álvarez, Emilio [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Elevated potassium concentration.
Emergency department.
Heart failure.
Hiperkalemia.
Hiperpotasemia.
Hyperkalemia.
Insuficiencia renal.
Insulin
Isuficiencia cardiaca.
Journal Article
Renal insufficiency.
Servicio de Urgencias.

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.07.2022

Date Revised 07.09.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343540894