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Do you avoid sodium zirconium cyclosilicate use in your patients with ESKD and hyperkalemia who also have peripheral edema?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus

I don't. The extra salt intake is a problem but so is the hyperkalemia. In general, I am conservative in giving potassium binders in hemodialysis patients because of the risk of polypharmacy.

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