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Nephrology • End stage kidney disease
Do you avoid sodium zirconium cyclosilicate use in your patients with ESKD and hyperkalemia who also have peripheral edema?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
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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