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J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
September 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida Health, Jacksonville, FL; Department of Anaesthesiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
EJHaem
November 2023
Trauma and Orthopaeics Division Barts Health NHS Trust London UK.
Hyperkalemia, an elevated blood potassium concentration exceeding 5.0 mEq/L, is associated with adverse outcomes and is frequently observed in hospitalized patients. Drug-induced hyperkalemia accounts for a significant proportion of cases, with heparin, commonly used for venous thrombosis prevention, suspected to contribute, though less recognized than other heparin-related side effects.
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July 2022
Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, NJ, USA.
BACKGROUND Anticoagulation with heparin infrequently causes elevated serum potassium via a reduction in the number and affinity of adrenal angiotensin II receptors, causing reversible aldosterone suppression, thereby leading to enhanced sodium excretion and hyperkalemia. CASE REPORT A 77 year-old man presented with productive cough and shortness of breath and was subsequently found to have non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and concomitant symptomatic COVID-19 infection, for which he was started on a high-dose unfractionated heparin infusion. A gradual increase in serum potassium followed, with a subsequent return to a normal potassium level after stopping treatment with heparin.
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December 2022
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, A.O.U. "Policlinico-San Marco", Catania, Italy.
Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) represents an advanced option for supporting refractory respiratory and/or cardiac failure. Systemic anticoagulation with unfractionated heparin (UFH) is routinely used. However, patients with bleeding risk and/or heparin-related side effects may necessitate alternative strategies: among these, nafamostat mesilate (NM) has been reported.
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March 2022
Intensive Care Unit, Centre Médical de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Heparin is widely used in the intensive care unit despite the risk of bleeding it can cause. Although it is rarely reported, hyperkalemia is one of the side effects associated with heparin therapy (unfractionated or fractionated heparin). It would be secondary to hypoaldosteronism by blocking the biosynthesis of aldosterone in the adrenal gland and often appears in context of prolonged heparin therapy or inappropriate renin production in elderly, diabetic, and kidney insufficiency patients.
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