When you have too much potassium in your blood, it’s called hyperkalemia. There are two types of hyperkalemia: acute and chronic. Acute hyperkalemia is a sudden, severe rise in blood potassium levels.

Hyperkalemia refers to high potassium levels in the blood. Symptoms are rare in the first phases, but they may include weakness, fatigue, and heart arrhythmias. Prompt medical care is essential. High ...

If you have hyperkalemia -- high levels of potassium -- your treatment will depend on how high your levels have risen, how quickly it happened, and whether you have serious symptoms. Severe ...

Hyperkalemia treatment trends in the ED are varied and inconsistent, depending on potassium levels when patients reach the ED. Although various treatments decreased potassium over 4 hours, only ...

Matthew R. Weir, MD Renal & Urology News interviewed Matthew R. Weir, MD, director of the division of nephrology and professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore ...

A recent population-based study assessed the incidence of clinically significant hyperkalemia among adult CKD patients being treated with RAASis and how this affected future treatment. In the study, 9 ...

In a European study, approximately one-third of hospitalizations involving patients with recurrent hyperkalemia directly related to serum potassium elevation. Recurrent hyperkalemia is a major cause ...

ST GALLEN, Switzerland & BAD HOMBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) and Fresenius Kabi today announced an agreement to develop, register ...

Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) and Fresenius Kabi today announced an agreement to develop, register and distribute Veltassa® for the treatment of hyperkalemia in the People’s ...