Original Articles: Comparison of Insulin Action on Glucose versus Potassium Uptake in Humans - 0 views
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When treating hyperkalemia, insulin remains efficacious in diabetics and nondiabetics and one does not need to resort to b-agonists, and diabetics do not require different doses of insulin to shift potassium
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the commonly encountered “insulin-resistant” patients actually have preserved insulin-induced potassium disposal, one wonders why their high insulin levels are not causing hypokalemia
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insulin independently regulates glucose and potassium uptake into cells and this independence explains why in noninsulin-dependent diabetic insulin resistance leads to impaired insulin uptake into cells but has no effect on the cell's potassium disposal
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good review of the potassium, glucose, insulin relationship mostly in diabetes. In diabetes, hyperkalemia is present due to the hyperglycemia and the associated exchange. Inuslin independantly regulates potassium and glucose intake into the cell. INterestingly, in IR found in diabetes, the hyperkalemia is the norm, which should cause hypokalemia--the authors were perplexed by this finding.