Townsend, Courtney M. (编). Shock, Electrolytes, and Fluid. Sabiston textbook of surgery: the biological basis of modern surgical practice 21st. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier. 2022: 86. ISBN 978-0-323-64062-6. Hyperkalemia is defined as [K+] of more than 5.0 mmol/L.
Simon, Leslie V.; Hashmi, Muhammad F.; Farrell, Mitchell W. Hyperkalemia. StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. 2024. PMID 29261936. Hyperkalemia is defined as a serum or plasma potassium level above the upper limits of normal, usually greater than 5.0 mEq/L to 5.5 mEq/L
Simon, Leslie V.; Hashmi, Muhammad F.; Farrell, Mitchell W. Hyperkalemia. StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. 2024. PMID 29261936. Exogenous sources of potassium should be immediately discontinued.
Mahoney, BA; Smith, WA; Lo, DS; Tsoi, K; Tonelli, M; Clase, CM. Emergency interventions for hyperkalaemia.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 18 April 2005, (2): CD003235. PMID 15846652. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003235.pub2.
Kamel, Kamel S.; Lin, Shih-Hua; Halperin, Mitchell L. Clinical Disorders of Hyperkalemia. Seldin and Giebisch's The Kidney. Elsevier. 2008: 1387–1405. ISBN 978-0-12-088488-9. doi:10.1016/b978-012088488-9.50052-8(英语). Thus, there is little if any benefit of using resins for the treatment of acute hyperkalemia and little benefit of adding resins to cathartics in the setting of chronic hyperkalemia.