Patienter, som har risiko for at udvikle hyperkaliæmi, omfatter patienter med nyreinsufficiens, ukontrolleret diabetes mellitus eller patienter i samtidig behandling med kaliumbesparende diuretika, kaliumtilskud eller kaliumholdige salterstatninger eller patienter, der tager anden medicin i forbindelse med forhøjet serumkalium (fx heparin).
Patients at risk for the development of hyperkalaemia include those with renal insufficiency, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, or those using concomitant potassium-sparing diuretics, potassium supplements or potassium-containing salt substitutes; or those patients taking other drugs associated with increases in serum potassium (e. g. heparin).