Serum potassium variability is associated with increased mortality in a large cohort of hospitalized patients

Gianmarco Lombardi; Giovanni Gambaro; Pietro Manuel Ferraro

doi:10.1093/ndt/gfab211

July 3, 2021Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Serum potassium variability is associated with increased mortality in a large cohort of hospitalized patients

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Key Points

To evaluate the relationship between serum potassium variability and in-hospital mortality in hospitalized patients.
Analyzed serum potassium fluctuations and outcomes in a large cohort of hospitalized patients.
High serum potassium variability represents an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality.
Increased mortality risk associated with potassium variability persists even when potassium concentrations remain within the normal range.

Implication

Cohort study demonstrates high serum potassium variability increases in-hospital mortality risk even within normal ranges, highlighting the critical importance of electrolyte stability.

Abstract

High [K+] variability is an independent risk factor of in-hospital mortality, even within the normal [K+] range.

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Lombardi et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dff740f3745b3748255657 https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfab211

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Serum potassium variability is associated with increased mortality in a large cohort of hospitalized patients

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Serum potassium variability is associated with increased mortality in a large cohort of hospitalized patients

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Abstract

Discussion

Cite This Study

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