Risk of developing hyperkalemia in patients with hypertension treated with combination antihypertensive therapy – a retrospective register-based study
Fatma Luai Mahdi Al-Janabi,
Fatme Moussa,
Sarah Taleb
et al.
Abstract:The risk of hyperkalemia in relation to different combinations of antihypertensive therapy remains to be elucidated. In this Danish register-based study, we aimed to investigate the risk of developing hyperkalemia in relation to different combinations of antihypertensive therapy. Using incidence density matching, we matched a hyperkalemic patient to five normokalemic patients on eGFR groups, age, sex, and time between study entry and date of potassium measurement. Combination therapies were subdivided into eig… Show more
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