The release of potassium from platelets is a well-known cause of pseudohyperkalemia in thrombocytosis. In predicting the magnitude of pseudohyperkalemia associated with thrombocytosis, previous investigations considered only the amount of potassium released from platelets during blood clotting, although the increment in serum potassium during blood clotting depends on the quantity of potassium ...

AIMS Hyperkalaemia in heart failure patients limits use of cardioprotective renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASi). Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (ZS-9) is a selective potassium ion trap, whose mechanism of action may allow for potassium binding in the upper gastrointestinal tract as early as the duodenum following oral administration. ZS-9 previously demonstrated the ability ...

The object of the investigations recorded here was to obtain further information about the metabolism of potassium with particular reference to its rate of excretion in relation to the plasma level and to its retention, if any, by the tissues. The r6le played by potassium in the regulation of the water balance has been attracting an increasing amount of attention in recent years. It has been sh...

Cerebellar granule cells maintained in medium containing serum and 25 mM potassium undergo an apoptotic death within 96 hr when switched to serum-free medium with 5 mM potassium. Because large numbers of apparently homogeneous neurons can be obtained, this represents a potentially useful model of neuronal programmed cell death (PCD). Analysis of the time course and extent of death after removal...

Patients prescribed liposomal-amphotericin B (L-AMB) frequently require supplemental potassium to prevent hypokalemia. The aim of this retrospective study was to examine the appropriate potassium supplementation conditions to treat hypokalemia induced by L-AMB. The subjects were 100 hematological patients who received L-AMB for the first time between April 2012 and March 2013. A total of seven ...

regarding the high prevalence of hyperlipidaemia, which is one of the major risk factors of cardiovascular disease, and uncertain reports about the relation between periodontal disease and serum lipid profile, this study was conducted to assess this relation. the historical cohort study was conducted on 52 cases including 26 persons with chronic periodontitis as case group, and 26 healthy subje...

the relation between serum osmolality, glucose, sodium, bicarbonate, arterial ph, bun and level of consciousness was studied in 189 patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (dka). there was much overlap between all laboratory values among various groups, even when there was a statistically significant difference. to find a better predictor, we defined a new factor as serum osmolality/arterial ph. th...

background: it seems that serum vitamin d levels are one of the potential environmental factors affecting the severity of multiple sclerosis (ms). in this study, we aim to evaluate vitamin d levels in ms patients and healthy subjects and assess the relationship between vitamin d level and disability. methods: in this case-control study, 168 rapid relapsing ms patients and 168 matched healthy co...

the previous large retrospective studies demonstrated that treatment with statins reduces both the incidence of prostate cancer by 50% and serum prostate specific antigen (psa) level up to 40%. however the main problem in those studies was the absence of control groups of men with hypercholesterolemia without statin treatment. we performed a small prospective controlled clinical trial to assess...

Skeletal muscle magnesium and potassium in asthmatics treated with oral beta2-agonists. T. Gustafson, K. Boman, L. Rosenhall, T. Sandström, P.O. Wester. ERS Journals Ltd 1996. ABSTRACT: Dietary magnesium has been shown to be important for lung function and bronchial reactivity. Interest in electrolytes in asthma has so far mainly been focused upon serum potassium, especially linked to β2-agoni...