Prevalence and Management of Hypokalemia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in Qatar

Table 1

Main demographic and biochemical features in PD patients with persistent hypokalemia.

PD patients	Hypokalemia
Age	55.5 ± 18 years
Sex (female)	23 (47.9%)
Serum Cr (mmol/L)	794 ± 318
Kt/V	2.05 ± 0.39
Creatinine clearance	63.6 ± 18.2 L/week/1.73 m^2
Urine output	50% of patients had residual urine output with volume 330 ± 450 ml (100–1600 ml); median: 600 ml
BMI	26 ± 4 Kg/m^2
PD vintage	42 ± 44 months (range: 4–219 months)
	Median: 24 months
Total exchange volume	9.96 ± 3.16 l (range; 6–15.5 L)
PET	High 11 (23%)
	High average 26 (54%)
	Low average 10 (21%)
	Low 1 (2%)
PD modality	APD 18 (38%)
	CAPD 30 (62%)
Phosphorus (mmol/L)	1.38 ± 0.4
Calcium (mmol/L)	2.33 ± 0.15
Albumin (gm/L)	34.1 ± 4
DM	20 (41.6%)
Loop diuretics	15 patients
Hg (gm/d L)	11.1 ± 1.7
Iron sat (%)	28.6 ± 13
Ferritin (ug/L)	612 ± 407
PTH (pg/m L)	318 ± 317
Ethnic	Middle East, 21 (43.5%)
	Philippines, 11 (23.2%)
	South Asia, 16 (33.3%)