Pharmacist Emergency Medicine On-Demand 1h

As a relatively new medication to treat hyperkalemia, the effectiveness of sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS) is compared to sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) in the emergency department in this Journal Club discussion.

Article Information

To obtain 1 contact hour of continuing pharmacy education credit (0.1 CEU), participants must read the article cited below.

Hasara S, Dubey J, Amatea J, et al. Sodium polystyrene sulfonate versus sodium zirconium cyclosilicate for the treatment of hyperkalemia in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med 2022;65:59-64. https:// DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.12.043

Faculty

Samantha Katzman, PharmD, BCEMP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Emergency Medicine
University of Louisville Health – Jewish Hospital

Disclosures:

Samantha Katzman has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

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