RENAL-POTASSIUM BALANCE
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SUMMARY
1. Aldosterone is the hormone that regulates potassium level.
2. K+ secretion occurs in the late distal tubule and cortical collecting duct via aldosterone-regulated Na+/K+ active transport.
3. Increase uptake into muscle and other tissues: insulin, aldosterone, catecholamines, growth hormones, alkalosis.
Image: Cassandra Uy, McMaster Pathiphysiology. [Accessed 7 Apr. 2019].
Reference(s)
Barrett, K.E., Barman, S.M., Brooks, H.L., X, J. and Ganong, W.F. (2019). Ganong’s review of medical physiology. 26th ed. New York: Mcgraw-Hill Education