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Prevalence of hypokalemia in older persons: results from the PolSenior national survey.

Marcin AdamczakJerzy ChudekJan Eugeniusz ZejdaMagdalena BartmańskaTomasz GrodzickiTomasz ZdrojewskiAndrzej Więcek
Published in: European geriatric medicine (2021)
This study demonstrates that: older age seems not to appear to be a significant risk factor of hypokalemia. Hypokalemia is more often found in the older hypertensive patients treated with potassium losing diuretics, and prevention of diuretic-induced hypokalemia with oral supplementation of potassium seems to be insufficient.
Keyphrases
  • community dwelling
  • risk factors
  • middle aged
  • physical activity
  • blood pressure
  • heart failure
  • oxidative stress
  • drug induced