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Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2010 Taking an excess amount of caffeine (e.g. overdrinking caffeinated beverages) sometimes causes hypokalaemia. Although the detailed mechanism has not been clarified yet, an increased loss of potassium via the urine stream caused by the diuretic action of ...
Yutaka Tajima
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Hypokalaemia in hospitalised patients
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2016 QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: Hypokalaemia in inpatients is common, and is associated with morbidity and mortality. Its management is risky and not always effective.
Angela Greco +16 more
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Hypokalaemia in alcoholic patients
Drug and Alcohol Review, 2002 Hypokalaemia is commonly found among the electrolyte abnormalities observed in chronic alcoholics. However, the underlying mechanisms of the decreased potassium levels are not well known. We undertook the present study to analyse the possible pathogenetic mechanisms of hypokalaemia in a large group of alcoholic patients (n = 127) admitted to our ...
Evangelos N Liberopoulos +2 more
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Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2023 Background: Hypokalaemia (K+
Jakka Bhargava, Stalin Viswanathan
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Overlap of severe hypokalaemia and Guillain-Barré syndrome following Salmonella infection: a rare double etiology of acute lower limb paralysis – case report [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesThis case highlights hypokalaemia and Guillain–Barré syndrome as rare and serious complications of Salmonella infection. A 25-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department with neuropathic pain, paraesthesia, paraparesis and circulatory shock ...
Adam Kaicer +3 more
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Annals of Medicine, 2023 Background Hypokalaemia is a side-effect of diuretics. We aimed to use machine learning to identify features predicting hypokalaemia risk in hypertensive patients.Methods Participants with hypertension in the United States National Health and Nutrition ...
Bernard Man Yung Cheung +2 more
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Home Parenteral Support in Severe Gitelman Syndrome: A Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsGitelman syndrome (GS), also known as familial hypokalaemia‐hypomagnesemia, is a rare autosomal recessive renal tubular disorder characterized by hypokalaemia, hypomagnesemia, metabolic alkalosis, and hypocalciuria.
Georgia Martin +2 more
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A rare case of apparent mineralocorticoid excess induced by chronic liquorice ingestion [PDF]
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case ReportsApparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) syndrome is a rare condition caused by the inhibition of the renal enzyme 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2). The most common acquired cause is chronic liquorice ingestion.
Aparajita Roy, Kieran Mullins
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Critical Care and Resuscitation: Journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 1999 To review the metabolism and function of potassium and causes and management of hypokalaemia.A review of studies reported from 1966 to 1998 and identified through a MEDLINE search of the English-language literature of hypokalaemia.Potassium is predominantly an intracellular ion that contributes to approximately 50% of the intracellular fluid osmolality
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Recurrent Hypokalaemic Paresis in Secondary Sjögren’s Syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Hypokalaemia has a wide scale of causes. The most common ones include potassium loss from urinary tract, gastrointestinal system and loss through sweating.
Vignessh Raveekumaran +2 more
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