The authors wish to thank Dr Charlie Tomson, retired Consultant Nephrologist and former Chair of the UK Renal Association (2010 2012) who shared our enthusiasm for this project and facilitated the original hyperkalaemia guideline (2014). We wish to thank represetatives from the UK Resuscitation Council, Dr Jasmeet Soar and Dr Jerry Nolan, for their colloaboration on the original guideline and their ongoing support. We also wish to thank Professor Ketan Dhatariya, Chair of the Joint British Diabetes Society for In Patient Care (JBDS IP) and Dr Clare Crowley, Consultant Pharmacist (Medicines Saftety) at Oxford University Hospitals.
We are especially grateful to Mr Murdoch MacRury for his insight into the treatment of hyperkalaemia from a patient’s perspective.