PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J McGuigan
AU  - S Robertson
AU  - C Isles
TI  - Life threatening hyperkalaemia with diarrhoea during ACE inhibition
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2003.011734
DP  - 2005 Feb 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 154--155
VI  - 22
IP  - 2
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/2/154.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/2/154.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2005 Feb 01; 22
AB  - A 67 year old woman developed acute renal failure with serum potassium 9.4 mmol/l requiring emergency dialysis after seven days of diarrhoea while taking an ACE inhibitor for vascular disease. Review of the literature, the British National Formulary, and the patient information leaflets for each of the 11 ACE inhibitors currently marketed in the UK suggests that this potentially life threatening complication of ACE inhibition is not yet widely recognised.