Hospital admissions for hyperkalemia with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole: a cohort study using health care database codes for 393,039 older women with urinary tract infections

Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Mar;57(3):521-3. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.11.006. Epub 2011 Jan 8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary / adverse effects*
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Hyperkalemia / chemically induced*
  • Hyperkalemia / epidemiology
  • Hyperkalemia / therapy
  • Incidence
  • Ontario / epidemiology
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / adverse effects*
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use
  • Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination