Why the study?
Does diabetes affect serum potassium concentrations in patients with acute coronary syndromes?
Does diabetes affect serum potassium concentrations in patients with acute coronary syndromes?
Diabetic patients with acute coronary syndromes have higher serum potassium concentrations and lack the early hypokalemic dip seen in non-diabetics, possibly reflecting sympathetic nerve dysfunction.
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May inform potassium thresholds in diabetic ACS; leaves open whether monitoring or supplementation should differ pending prospective trials.
K Foo (2002) studied this question.