Spironolactone is effective in treating hypokalemia among peritoneal dialysis patients.

Hypokalemia is common in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and is associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. The management approach for such patients routinely includes spironolactone at our centre. We undertook this study to assess the efficacy of spironolactone for the trea...

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Main Authors: Amit Langote, Swapnil Hiremath, Marcel Ruzicka, Brendan B McCormick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5681284?pdf=render