Cesium-associated hypokalemia successfully treated with amiloride

Self-treatment of cancer with cesium chloride, despite proven lack of efficacy, continues to produce serious adverse effects. Among these is hypokalemia predisposing to life-threatening arrhythmia. The mechanism of cesium-associated hypokalemia (CAH) has not been described. We report urinary potassi...

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Autores principales: Horn, Sarah, Naidus, Elliot, Alper, Seth L., Danziger, John
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4440464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26034598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfv017
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description Self-treatment of cancer with cesium chloride, despite proven lack of efficacy, continues to produce serious adverse effects. Among these is hypokalemia predisposing to life-threatening arrhythmia. The mechanism of cesium-associated hypokalemia (CAH) has not been described. We report urinary potassium wasting responsive to amiloride therapy in a cancer patient with CAH, and discuss possible mechanisms.
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spelling pubmed-44404642015-06-01 Cesium-associated hypokalemia successfully treated with amiloride Horn, Sarah Naidus, Elliot Alper, Seth L. Danziger, John Clin Kidney J Contents Self-treatment of cancer with cesium chloride, despite proven lack of efficacy, continues to produce serious adverse effects. Among these is hypokalemia predisposing to life-threatening arrhythmia. The mechanism of cesium-associated hypokalemia (CAH) has not been described. We report urinary potassium wasting responsive to amiloride therapy in a cancer patient with CAH, and discuss possible mechanisms. Oxford University Press 2015-06 2015-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4440464/ /pubmed/26034598 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfv017 Text en © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERAEDTA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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