2023
Patiromer utility as an adjunct treatment in patients needing urgent hyperkalaemia management (PLATINUM): design of a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study
Rafique Z, Budden J, Quinn C, Duanmu Y, Safdar B, Bischof J, Driver B, Herzog C, Weir M, Singer A, Boone S, Soto-Ruiz K, Peacock W. Patiromer utility as an adjunct treatment in patients needing urgent hyperkalaemia management (PLATINUM): design of a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study. BMJ Open 2023, 13: e071311. PMID: 37308268, PMCID: PMC10277034, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNet clinical benefitInstitutional review boardProportion of participantsAdjunct treatmentClinical benefitMean changePlacebo-controlled studyParallel-group studySingle oral doseEmergency department managementLocal institutional review boardCentral institutional review boardSeverity of changesPrimary endpointSafety endpointSecondary endpointsAdverse eventsSerum potassiumOral doseSecond doseSerum KStudy completionTreatment protocolAdditional interventionsCommon treatment
2021
Healthcare utilization and expenditures associated with hyperkalemia management: a retrospective study of Medicare Advantage patients
Desai NR, Alvarez PJ, Golestaneh L, Woods SD, Coca SG, Rowan CG. Healthcare utilization and expenditures associated with hyperkalemia management: a retrospective study of Medicare Advantage patients. Journal Of Medical Economics 2021, 24: 1025-1036. PMID: 34357841, DOI: 10.1080/13696998.2021.1965389.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedicare Advantage patientsClinformatics Data MartInpatient costsAdvantage patientsBaseline characteristicsED encountersHealthcare utilizationPropensity score-matched patientsOptum Clinformatics Data MartEmergency department encounterTotal healthcare spendingHyperkalemia managementStudy cohortRetrospective studySerum KFollowing outcomesRelative oddsPatiromerPatientsLarger sample sizeNegative binomial regressionHyperkalemiaLogistic regressionHealthcare spendingBinomial regression
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