Abstract | BACKGROUND: HYPOTHESIS: METHODS: We searched the MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane, and PubMed databases up to January 2010 for English-language, human-subject clinical trials that evaluated the rate of hyperkalemia with spironolactone use in ESRD patients on hemodialysis. Search terms included were " spironolactone," " eplerenone," " aldosterone antagonist," " heart failure," " kidney failure," " hemodialysis," "dialysis," and " renal replacement therapy." RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Doson Chua, Anita Lo, Chris Lo |
Journal | Clinical cardiology
(Clin Cardiol)
Vol. 33
Issue 10
Pg. 604-608
(Oct 2010)
ISSN: 1932-8737 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 20960534
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Copyright | © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Diuretics
(therapeutic use)
- Heart Failure
(complications, drug therapy)
- Humans
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
(complications, therapy)
- Renal Dialysis
- Spironolactone
(therapeutic use)
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