In this population-based case-control study of elderly patients on an ACE or ARB, the risk of hyperkalemia-associated hospitalization was 7 times higher for patients with a recent prescription for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, compared to amoxicillin (with no increased risk with other comparator antibiotics), even after matching for age, sex, renal insufficiency, and diabetes. For elderly patients on an ACE or ARB, the risk of hyperkalemia should be considered before being prescribed trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (abstract)
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Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHM is a clinical hospitalist and the Chief Quality Officer at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, where she also serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, completed her residency at Duke University, and completed her Masters in Clinical Research at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is also the President of SHM's Board of Directors and previously served as Physician Editor of The Hospitalist, SHM's monthly newsmagazine.
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