Acute Hypocalcemia and Metabolic Alkalosis in Children on Cation-Exchange Resin Therapy

Background. Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS) is a chelating agent used for the treatment of hyperkalemia. SPS has a wide range of exchange capacity requiring close monitoring of serum electrolytes. We observed two patients who developed acute hypocalcemia and increased metabolic alkalosis after in...

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Main Authors: Aadil Kakajiwala, Kevin T. Barton, Elisha Rampolla, Christine Breen, Madhura Pradhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6582613

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