Abstract:Background:
Patients with kidney disease are at a higher risk of experiencing potassium imbalance. The kidney plays an important role in maintaining potassium homeostasis. A common dyskalemia that peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients experience is hypokalemia.
Areas of Uncertainty:
Potassium-sparing diuretics such as spironolactone causes increased amounts of sodium and water to be excreted, while potassium is retained. Owing to its potassium-sparing effec… Show more
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