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What is your approach to managing hyperkalemia secondary to respiratory acidosis?

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Nephrology · UCLA
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Since hyperkalemia in respiratory acidosis is due to transcellular shift, therapy should be directed at treating the underlying respiratory acidosis. Correction of the hypercarbia should lead to resolution of the hyperkalemia. In severe hyperkalemia due to respiratory acidosis that is not easily rev...

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