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- Title
A Retrospective Analysis of Intravenous Insulin versus Insulin and Nebulized Albuterol for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia in the Emergency Department.
- Authors
Roach, Sara N.; Fletcher, Meghan L.; Sarangarm, Preeyaporn
- Abstract
There is limited literature evaluating the use of nebulized albuterol in the management of hyperkalemia. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of insulin alone compared with the addition of nebulized albuterol for the treatment of hyperkalemia. This is a retrospective, single‐center evaluation of adult patients with hyperkalemia attending the Emergency Department of a large urban academic medical center. Consecutive patients with a potassium level of >5 mmol/L were included. Patients without a repeat potassium level within 4 hours of medication administration, those receiving hemodialysis before a repeat serum potassium, or those that had a hemolyzed blood sample were excluded. The primary outcome was the change in potassium level within 4 hours in patients who received insulin monotherapy versus patients who received insulin and albuterol. The secondary outcomes included hospital length of stay, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and mortality. Out of the 204 patients, 141 received insulin, whereas 63 received insulin and nebulized albuterol. There was no difference in the change in potassium level between the insulin and the insulin and nebulized albuterol groups (0.85 ± 0.6 vs 0.96 ± 0.78 mmol/L; P =.36). There was no difference in median hospital length of stay (8.6 days, IQR 13.2 days, vs 5.6 days, IQR 8.2 days; P =.09), ICU admission (31.9% vs 38.1%; P =.39), and all‐cause mortality (14.9% vs 17.5%; P =.64). In this retrospective analysis, the addition of albuterol to insulin for the treatment of hyperkalemia did not result in a greater change in potassium level within 4 hours of therapy.
- Subjects
COMBINATION drug therapy; ACADEMIC medical centers; PATIENTS; HYPERKALEMIA; POTASSIUM; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; INSULIN; TREATMENT effectiveness; HOSPITAL emergency services; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; INTRAVENOUS therapy; INHALATION administration; NEBULIZERS &; vaporizers; MEDICAL records; ACQUISITION of data; METROPOLITAN areas; INTENSIVE care units; ALBUTEROL; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; EVALUATION
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2024, Vol 64, Issue 5, p619
- ISSN
0091-2700
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jcph.2396