CompletedNot Applicable

How Much Reliable iv Calcium for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia?

Turkey (Türkiye)111 participantsStarted 2015-07

Plain-language summary

Hyperkalemia is a common problem in the emergency services and one of the life threatening metabolic emergencies. Calcium, insulin, beta adrenoceptor agonists, bicarbonate, diuretics, sodium polystyrene sulfonate and lastly dialysis are advised in treatment. Especially, avoiding evolution of serious arrythmias and iv calcium using in the treatment of occured electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities, there is not sufficient level of survey in the literature. So the aim of this study was to evaluate administration of iv calcium efficiency on vital signs and ECG.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All patients who had ECG changes due to hyperpotassemia (K\>5.5 mmol/l) Exclusion Criteria: * Arrest patients * Patients needed antiarrhythmic interventions * Patients need inotropic that may cause ECG changes * Patients need atropine during emergency treatment prior to Ca-gluconate * Patients needed cardioversion or defibrillation * Hyperpotassemia with myocardial infarction * In the presence of other situations which changes ECG for example pericarditis * Unstabile patients for ideal ECG * Digoxin usage * Trauma * blood calcium level of \> 10.5 mg/dl

What they're measuring

ECG changes after the calcium infusion

Timeframe: 10 minutes

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02672930

SponsorHaseki Training and Research Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2016-07

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