TYPE-IV RENAL TUBULAR-ACIDOSIS AND SPIRONOLACTONE THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY

Authors
OCONNELL JE COLLEDGE NR
Citation
Je. Oconnell et Nr. Colledge, TYPE-IV RENAL TUBULAR-ACIDOSIS AND SPIRONOLACTONE THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY, Postgraduate medical journal, 69(817), 1993, pp. 887-889
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
69
Issue
817
Year of publication
1993
Pages
887 - 889
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1993)69:817<887:TRTAST>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Spironolactone therapy is a well-known cause of hyperkalaemia, but in susceptible patient, it may also be associated with metabolic acidosis . We report a case of severe renal tubular acidosis (Type IV) with lif e-threatening hyperkalaemia caused by spironolactone, and discuss the mechanisms by which this may occur.