A Unicenter Study About The Frequency of Hypokalemia and The Frequency of High Creatinine Levels In Hematology Inpatient Unit
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VOLUME: 51 ISSUE: 1
P: 21 - 25
2018

A Unicenter Study About The Frequency of Hypokalemia and The Frequency of High Creatinine Levels In Hematology Inpatient Unit

Acta Haematol Oncol Turc 2018;51(1):21-25
1. University of Health Sciences Ankara Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology Clinic and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ankara, Turkey.
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Received Date: 2017-03-13T00:29:55
Accepted Date: 2018-04-23T16:29:18
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Hematology inpatient unit patients could be treated with various types of chemotherapeutics, antibiotics, and other drugs. Hematology inpatient unit patients should be also sometimes intravenously hydrated for the reasons such as tumor lysis syndrome prevention and chemotherapeutic toxicity prevention. Hereby, we aimed to search about the frequency of potassium and creatinine level disorders in an hematology inpatient unit.

METHODS

All the data included 49 patients who were followed in the Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital Hematology Inpatient Unit at anytime between 01/01/2017(Month/day/year) and 01/15/2017(the dates 01/01/2017 and 01/15/2017 included). The potassium levels, creatinine levels and disease types of the patients were recorded retrospectively from the electronical patient file system.

RESULTS

Of the 49 patients, 22(≈45%) had experienced hypokalemia during their follow-up in the inpatient unit. 4 (≈8%) of the all patients had experienced hypokalemia below the level of 3 mmol/l (< 3 mmol/l) during the follow-up in the inpatient unit. 9 (≈18 %) of the all patients had experienced creatinine level over 1,2 mg/dL (> 1,2 mg/dL).

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

Hypokalemia may not be rare in hematology inpatient unit. So that, patients should also be checked for the potassium levels and renal function tests during the follow-up in the inpatient unit.

Keywords:
Hypokalemia, hematology, inpatient unit, kidney disease