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Possible Role of Insulin Deficiency

Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD; Robert S. Sherwin, MD; Philip Felig, MD; Margaret Bia, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1977;137(7):842-843.

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Hyperkalemia is seen infrequently in chronic renal failure unless the glomerular filtration rate is severely reduced (<20 ml/min) or acidosis supervenes.^1,2 However, since the initial description in 1957 by Relman et al,¹ an increasing number of reports documenting the presence of hyperkalemia in subjects with normal or only moderately impaired renal function have appeared. In the majority of these cases, a defect in renin synthesis and/or release (Figure, step 1) has been postulated. Of the 50 reported cases,^2* the majority have had mild to moderate renal failure (74%) and/or diabetes mellitus (46%). Plasma concentration or urinary excretion of aldosterone or both have been found to be depressed in all subjects and in none has there been a normal rise in concentration after volume contraction. In 80% to 85% of the cases, basal plasma renin activity has been shown to be depressed and a subnormal or absent rise . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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New Haven, Conn

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