Unawareness of Primary Aldosteronism as a Common Cause of Hypokalemia
– Insights from the IPAHK+ Trial (Incidence of
Primary Aldosteronism in Patients with Hypokalemia)
Sven Gruber,
Evangelia Stasi,
Antonio Boan Pion
et al.
Abstract:Hypokalemia plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of primary aldosteronism (PA). While the hypokalemic variant of the disease accounts for about one third of all cases, little is known about the incidence of PA in hypokalemic populations. The IPAHK+ study is an epidemiological, cross-sectional trial to provide evidence on the incidence of PA in hypokalemic patients from a university hospital outpatient population. Recruitment of outpatients with hypokalemia ≤3 mmol/l is carried out on a conti… Show more
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