Meeting
Abstract Number: 141
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Hyperkalemia occurs frequently in diabetes. Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC), an oral, selective potassium (K) binder, rapidly reduces K in patients (pts) with hyperkalemia and has been shown to maintain normokalemia for up to 1 y. We compared the response to SZC in adults with and without diabetes mellitus (DM, type 1/2) in a 12 […]
Abstract Number: 1007
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Case 1: A 56 year old female with history of metastatic adenocarcinoma of lung on cycle 1 day 8 of carboplatin/permetrexed/pembrolizumab therapy presented with fever, headache and altered mental status. She was diagnosed with Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia and was treated with antibiotics. She presented with potassium levels of 3.4 mmol/l […]