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Severe hyperkalemia following colon diversion surgery in a patient undergoing chronic hemodialysis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Potassium (K(+)) homeostasis in healthy subjects is maintained mainly by urinary excretion of K(+). In patients with end-stage renal disease, the intestinal tract might assume an accessory K(+) excretory role in the face of declining renal excretory function. Here, we report the case o...

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Autores principales: Kononowa, Nina, Dickenmann, Michael J, Kim, Min Jeong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23945050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-207