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Hypokalaemia and the thyroid--is there a link? [PDF]
Clinical Kidney Journal, 2009 Case A previously healthy 40-year-old male was admitted to investigate the second episode of an acute flaccid paralysis that occurred within 3 months. Both began suddenly in the early morning as generalized weakness evolving to paralysis within 2 h, and sparing respiratory and facial muscles.
de Carvalho, José G. R. +3 more
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Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2020 Background Hypokalaemic paralysis is a rare group of disorders with concomitant muscle weakness and hypokalaemia. Thyrotoxicosis is a recognized and a common cause for hypokalaemic paralysis among Asians, in which intracellular shift of potassium is ...
Chandrika Jayakanthi subasinghe +6 more
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A life-threatening case of pseudo-aldosteronism secondary to excessive liquorice ingestion
BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2021 Background Liquorice is found in many food products, soft drinks, and herbal medicines. Liquorice ingestion is an uncommon cause of apparent mineralocorticoid excess or pseudo-aldosteronism. The mechanism involves the inhibition of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid
Joseph McHugh +2 more
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Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2022 A 39 -year-old male, with primary hyperthyroidism for the last-3 years, for which he was not receiving any treatment, presented with complaints of sudden onset weakness in all four limbs for one day.
K M Bhargav +5 more
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Severe hypokalaemia in diabetic ketoacidosis: a contributor to central pontine myelinolysis?
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2019 Hypokalaemia at presentation of diabetic ketoacidosis is uncommon as insulin deficiency and metabolic acidosis shifts potassium extracellularly. However, hypokalaemia is a recognised complication of the management of diabetic ketoacidosis as insulin ...
A Chinoy, N B Wright, M Bone, R Padidela
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Electrolyte Disturbances in SARS-CoV-2 Infection [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
F1000Research, 2020 The global pandemic secondary to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is leading to unprecedented global morbidity and mortality.
Holly Mabillard, John A. Sayer
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 Severe hypokalaemia causing rhabdomyolysis (RML) in primary aldosteronism (PA) is a rare entity, and only a few cases have been reported over the last four decades.
Everardo Josué Díaz-López +19 more
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Association of hypokalaemia and hypophosphataemia [PDF]
BMJ, 1969 A prospective study of 13 patients with hypokalaemia due to a variety of causes demonstrated that six had hypophosphataemia. In 10 patients the plasma inorganic phosphate level rose on correction of the hypokalaemia. Before treatment seven patients had an excessive rate of excretion of phosphate relative to creatinine in the urine. Following correction
D C, Anderson, T J, Peters, W K, Stewart
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A case report of Gitelman syndrome resulting from two novel mutations in SLC12A3 gene
Nefrología (English Edition), 2016 Introduction: Hypokalaemia is a common clinical problem. A potential but commonly overlooked cause of hypokalaemia is Gitelman syndrome. Material and methods: A 26-year-old man was admitted to the hospital due to syncope with general and muscular ...
Wojciech Wolyniec +7 more
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Primary aldosteronism: The Mayo Clinic approach
Терапевтический архив, 2020 Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common reason of secondary hypertension, that can be cured surgically or treated with targeting medical treatment.
W. Young +3 more
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