Assertion: acute hyperkalemia | /r/CreatedBy | adrenal inhibition
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Acute hyperkalemia (more serious than chronic hyperkalemia) is often caused by drugs (SCH, newly administered ACE/ARB’s, mannitol, spironolactone, digitalis, non-selective beta-blockers), reperfusion of an organ or vascular bed after ischemia of > 4 hours duration, rhabdomyolysis (crush injury or severe burns), adrenal inhibition, transcellular shifts caused by acidosis or acute renal failure, and by protracted immobilization during hospitalization or extended surgery with inadequate padding of an extremity.