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Sep 2026
Emergency department referral and short-term death after outpatient hyperkalemia: a population-based study
Background: Hyperkalemia can be deadly, yet clinical decision-making for outpatient management is unclear. We sought to determine whether an emergency department encounter within 24 hours of a severe outpatient hyperkalemia result was associated with lower rates of immediate and short-term all-cause death. Methods: We...
Michael Chiu, Danielle M. Nash, Graham Smith et al.
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