GLUCOSE MODULATION OF THE DISPOSAL OF AN ACUTE POTASSIUM LOAD IN PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE RENAL-DISEASE
GLUCOSE MODULATION OF THE DISPOSAL OF AN ACUTE POTASSIUM LOAD IN PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE RENAL-DISEASE
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9343(93)90081-y
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发表时间:
1993-05-01
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
SHANKLIN, N
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作者:
ALLON, M;DANSBY, L;SHANKLIN, N
PURPOSE: Extrarenal potassium disposal plays an important role in the tolerance of an acute potassium load and is particularly critical in patients with renal failure. Insulin is known to stimulate this disposal by enhancing potassium uptake into the cells. Since dietary potassium is generally ingested in combination with carbohydrates, the predictable stimulation of endogenous insulin release may blunt the expected increase in plasma potassium. The goal of the current study was to evaluate the effect of oral glucose on the disposition of an acute oral potassium load in hemodialysis patients and in normal controls. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eight hemodialysis patients and eight normal control subjects were studied after an overnight fast. Each subject received an oral load of potassium chloride elixir (0.25 mmol/kg). Plasma potassium was measured at baseline and at 30-minute intervals for 3 hours. On a separate study day, the subjects underwent the identical protocol, with the addition of 50 g of oral glucose to the potassium load to stimulate endogenous insulin release. The identical two experimental protocols were repeated in each subject during concomitant beta blockade with propranolol. RESULTS: The maximal increase in plasma potassium after the potassium load was significantly greater in the hemodialysis patients than in the controls (0.93 +/- 0.08 versus 0.52 +/- 0.04 mmol/L, p