Clinical and Economic Impact of Hyperkalemia in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Heart Failure

Abstract

This study was conducted by Magellan Rx Management and funded by Relypsa. Brenner, Alvarez, and Oestreicher were employed by Relypsa during the development of this study and the writing of this manuscript. Polson, Lord, Kangethe, Speicher, and Farnum are employees of Magellan Rx Management, which received funding from Relypsa for conducting the retrospective study and writing the manuscript. Study concept and design were contributed by Lord, Polson, Brenner, Alvarez, and Oestreicher. Data collection and interpretation were performed by Polson and Kangethe, with assistance from Lord. The manuscript was written by Farnum, with assistance from Kangethe and Speicher and revised by all authors.