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5/6th Nephrectomy in Combination with High Salt Diet and Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition to Induce Chronic Kidney Disease in the Lewis Rat
Published on: July 3, 2013
[Potassium in renal disease]
Tomas Lenz1, Birgitta Becker, Raoul Bergner
1Institut zur Prävention von Nieren- und Hochdruckerkrankungen, Ludwigshafen am Rhein. LenzT@myfaz.net
Background:
Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia are among the most common disturbances of the electrolyte status.
Patients And Results:
Since the regulation of the potassium homeostasis depends on normal renal function, patients with acute or chronic renal disease tend to develop such disturbances. The clinical consequences of hypokalemia or hyperkalemia are often severe and unforeseen, which is illustrated by respective case reports in this paper.
Conclusion:
Due to the often severe clinical consequences of hypokalemia or hyperkalemia, these electrolyte disturbances deserve special diagnostic and therapeutic attention.
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