Monday, January 3, 2011

Clinical Pearl: Managing Hypoglycemia in Acute Renal Failure

Originally Published: Modern Resident, Dec/Jan 2011

Original Author: Cameron McLaughlin, OMS IV Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

Submitted by: Rachel Engle, DO, COmmunication Committee Chair

Recently, I saw a patient in the ED who was hyperkalemic and hypoglycemic. The patient was in acute renal failure secondary