Among adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, giving calcium did not improve the sustained return of spontaneous circulation, and there was a suggestion of a worse outcome, in a new randomized ...

Hyperkalemia is a common and dangerous complication of ESRD and hemodialysis. Number of hemodialysis sessions, BUN, serum sodium, serum calcium, serum phosphorous, and diabetes predict hyperkalemia ...

—European investigators examined pretransplant plasma potassium levels and the need for potassium-lowering interventions to resolve hyperkalemia within 48 hours after kidney transplantation. Chronic ...

dialysis health care medicine kidney Perioperative management of serum potassium levels is crucial in patients with kidney failure undergoing parathyroidectomy. Perioperative hyperkalemia may warrant ...