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Table 1 (Case1) Changes in Serum creatinine, potassium and blood pressure relative to medications. (Abbreviations: Bicarb- Bicarbonate)

From: Severe hyperkalemia following adrenalectomy for aldosteronoma: prediction, pathogenesis and approach to clinical management- a case series

Follow up period

Drugs

Creatinine umol/l

Potassium mmol/l

Blood pressure

2 weeks

None

52

4.5

124/80

6 weeks

None

152

6.7

-

10 weeks

Fludrocortisone 0.1 mg bid

112

4.8

140/96

14 weeks

Fludrocortisone 0.1 mg daily

140

5.6

-

5 months

Fludrocortisone 0.1 mg bid

121

4.7

160/100

6 months

Fludrocortisone 0.1 mg daily

152

6.4

-

7 months

Furosemide 20 mg daily

188

5.1

-

8 months

Sodium bicarb. 650 mg tid

160

5.5

-

16 months

Sodium bicarb. 650 mg tid

160

5.2

122/88