Hyperkalemia in patients treated with endoradiotherapy combined with amino acid infusion is associated with severe metabolic acidosis

Hyperkalemia in patients treated with endoradiotherapy combined with amino acid infusion is associated with severe metabolic acidosis

Abstract Background Amino acid co-infusion for renal protection in endoradiotherapy (ERT) applied as prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radioligand therapy (RLT) or peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) has been shown to cause severe hyperkalemia. The pathophysiology behind th...

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Main Authors: Christian H. Pfob, Matthias Eiber, Peter Luppa, Florian Maurer, Tobias Maurer, Robert Tauber, Calogero D’Alessandria, Benedikt Feuerecker, Klemens Scheidhauer, Armin Ott, Uwe Heemann, Markus Schwaiger, Christoph Schmaderer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-02-01
Series:EJNMMI Research
Subjects:
Hyperkalemia
Radiotherapy
PRRT
RLT
Amino acid
Prostate cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13550-018-0370-z

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