Serum potassium dynamics during acute heart failure hospitalization.

Pedro Caravaca PerezJosé R González-JuanateyJorge NucheLaura Morán FernándezDavid Lora PablosJesús Alvarez-GarcíaRamón Bascompte ClaretManuel Martínez SellesRafael Vázquez GarcíaLuis Martínez DolzMarta Cobo-MarcosDomingo Pascual FigalMaria G Crespo-LeiroJulio Nuñez VillotaJuan Cinca CuscullolaJuan Francisco Delgado

Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2020)

Potassium levels alterations are frequent and show a dynamic behavior during AHF admission. Hyperkalemia on admission is an independent predictor of higher in-hospital mortality. Furthermore, persistent hypokalemia and transient hyperkalemia on admission are independent predictors of 12-month mortality.

Keyphrases

acute heart failure
emergency department
heart failure
cardiovascular events
risk factors
type diabetes
cerebral ischemia
atrial fibrillation
subarachnoid hemorrhage