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Predicting hypoglycemia after treatment of hyperkalemia with insulin and glucose (Glu-K60 score)

BACKGROUND: Hyperkalemia can lead to fatal cardiac arrhythmias. Ten units of intravenous (IV) regular insulin with 25 g of glucose is the mainstay for treating hyperkalemia. However, the most important complication of this treatment is hypoglycemia. We aimed to develop a scoring model to predict hyp...

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Autores principales: Kijprasert, Weerapriya, Tarudeeyathaworn, Nilanut, Loketkrawee, Chananthita, Pimpaporn, Thidarat, Pattarasettaseranee, Pornpiyapat, Tangsuwanaruk, Theerapon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9652909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36371171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00748-9