Abstract
Background: Hyperkalemia is common and potentially dangerous in hospitalized patients; its contemporary prevalence and prognostic importance after acute myocardial infarction are not well described. Methods: In 38,689 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction from the Cerner Health Facts database, we evaluated the association between maximum in-hospital potassium levels and in-hospital mortality. Patients were stratified by dialysis status and grouped by maximum potassium as follows:
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | American Journal of Medicine |
DOIs | |
State | Accepted/In press - 2016 |
Keywords
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Dialysis
- Hyperkalemia prevalence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)