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From: Severe hyperkalemia requiring hospitalization: predictors of mortality

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Risk factors for in-hospital mortality. Malignancy, emergent admission, the presence of multi-organ failure (MOF) and/or cardiac arrest at the time of hyperkalemia diagnosis, intensive care unit (ICU) care during hospitalization, and severe clinical situations such as new-onset acute kidney injury (AKI), infection, and bleeding were strongly associated with in-hospital mortality. The mortality rate increased significantly as the difference in serum K+ level at admission and at its highest point (serum K+ ≥ 6.5 mEq/L) increased. In contrast, the mortality rate decreased in patients with drug-induced hyperkalemia, including those who used beta blockers. CI, confidence interval.

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