Chronic Kidney Disease:
The population with chronic kidney disease is at the higher edge of getting hyperkalemia because of the improper working of the kidney the body becomes unable to maintain the potassium levels in the body. Recently conducted researches have shown that 40-50% of patients having chronic kidney disease may get high potassium in comparison to the mainstream population having 2-3%chances of getting hyperkalemia. Even in some cases of chronic kidney disease death may result just in one day of increased levels of potassium.