Buscar en
Hipertensión y Riesgo Vascular
Toda la web
Inicio Hipertensión y Riesgo Vascular Niveles de potasio sérico y mortalidad a largo plazo en ancianos con hipertensi...
Journal Information
Vol. 34. Issue 3.
Pages 115-119 (July - September 2017)
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Visits
148
Vol. 34. Issue 3.
Pages 115-119 (July - September 2017)
Original
Niveles de potasio sérico y mortalidad a largo plazo en ancianos con hipertensión arterial
Serum potassium levels and long-term mortality in the elderly with hypertension
Visits
148
M. Heras Benitoa,
Corresponding author
mherasb@saludcastillayleon.es

Autor para correspondencia.
, M.J. Fernández-Reyesa, M.T. Guerrero Díazb, A. Muñoz Pascualb
a Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital General de Segovia, Segovia, España
b Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital General de Segovia, Segovia, España
This item has received
Article information
Abstract
Full Text
Bibliography
Download PDF
Statistics
Figures (1)
Tables (2)
Tabla 1. Niveles de potasio sérico basal (mEq/l) según sexo, antecedentes cardiovasculares y empleo de antihipertensivos
Tabla 2. Evolución de los niveles de potasio sérico con el paso del tiempo
Show moreShow less
Resumen

Existen crecientes evidencias de que pequeñas variaciones dentro del rango normal del potasio, entre 3,5-5mEq/l, se asocian con mortalidad.

Objetivo

Conocer si existe asociación entre el nivel de potasio sérico (Ks) basal con la mortalidad en una cohorte de ancianos hipertensos.

Pacientes y métodos

Estudio observacional retrospectivo, de pacientes que disponían de Ks en un periodo de estabilidad clínica, durante su reclutamiento entre enero-abril de 2006 y seguidos durante 10 años. Se estudiaron 62 pacientes estables, con edad media de 82,19±6 años (rango 69-97); 74,2% mujeres, 33,9% diabéticos, 20,3% con antecedentes de insuficiencia cardiaca y 19,4% de cardiopatía isquémica; un 44,3% recibían inhibidores de la enzima convertidora de angiotensina (IECA). Se registró la mortalidad acontecida durante 10 años. La estadística se hizo con SPSS15.0.

Resultados

Cuarenta y nueve pacientes fueron exitus. El Ks tenía distribución normal. Los niveles medios basales y mediana de Ks fueron de 4,45±0,5mEq/l (rango de 3,1-5,5mEq/l). Los niveles basales de Ks eran significativamente mayores en diabéticos y en tomadores de IECA. Los pacientes fallecidos tenían niveles Ks mayores (4,53±0,49mEq/l versus 4,14±0,40mEq/l; p=0,011). La supervivencia por Kaplan Meier demostró que pacientes con Ks superior a la mediana y a P75 presentaron mayor mortalidad.

Conclusiones

En nuestro estudio los niveles Ks mayores a 4,45mEq/l se asociaban con mortalidad. En ancianos hipertensos, a la hora de seleccionar tratamiento antihipertensivo, se debería valorar individualmente el uso de IECA, con monitorización estrecha en los niveles de Ks y procurar mantenerlos en el rango medio de la normalidad (<4,45mEq/l).

Palabras clave:
Potasio sérico
Mortalidad
Ancianos
Hipertensión arterial
Inhibidores enzima convertidora de angiotensina ii
Abstract

There is increasing evidence that small variations within the normal range (3.5-5mEq/L) of potassium are associated with mortality.

Objective

To determine whether there is an association between serum potassium level (sK) and mortality in a cohort of elderly hypertensive patients.

Patients and methods

A retrospective, observational study was conducted on patients who had sK levels available in a period of clinical stability during their recruitment between January and April 2006 and followed-up for 10 years. The study obtained a total of 62 stable patients, with a mean age of 82.19±6 years (range 69-97), with 74.2% women, 33.9% diabetics, 20.3% with a history of heart failure, Ischaemic heart disease was observed in 19.4% and 44.3% received Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. An analysis was performed on the mortality rate during the 10 year period. The statistics were performed using the SPSS15.0 package.

Results

There were 49 deaths. The sK had a normal distribution. Baseline mean sK levels and median were 4.45±0.5mEq/L (range 3.1-5.5 mEq/L). Baseline sK levels were significantly higher in diabetic patients and patients on ACE inhibitors. The patients that died had higher sK levels (4.53±0.49mEq/L versus 4.14±0.40mEq/L, P=.011). Survival estimated using Kaplan Meier showed that patients with sK levels higher than the median and P75 had higher mortality.

Conclusions

In our study, sK levels greater than 4.45mEq/L were associated with mortality. When selecting antihypertensive treatment in hypertensive elderly patients,, the use of ACE inhibitors should be assessed individually, with close monitoring at sK levels and try to keep them in the lower limit of the normal range (<4.45 mEq/L).

Keywords:
Serum potassium
Mortality
Elderly
Hypertension
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Hipertensión y Riesgo Vascular
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Hipertensión y Riesgo Vascular

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
Tools
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos