Browsing School of Medicine (MU) by Title "How soon should serum potassium levels be monitored for patients started on diuretics?"
Now showing items 1-1 of 1
-
How soon should serum potassium levels be monitored for patients started on diuretics?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2001)Case series show that hypokalemia following initiation of diuretic therapy occurs in most patients within 2 to 8 weeks. However, no studies are available that adequately predict the risk of this complex and multifactorial ...