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Do you prefer transtubular potassium gradient (TTKG) or urine potassium to urine creatinine ratio when evaluating patients with abnormal potassium levels?

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Nephrology · UCSF School of Medicine

Metrics for assessing dyskalemias have become controversial over the last few years. There is very little data, but a fair amount of theorizing, addressing this issue. Importantly, no metric for diagnosing the cause of a dyskalemia should be used without careful assessment of the overall clinical an...

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