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BMC Cancer, 2022 Background Whether hypokalemia can affect the short-term outcomes of CRC patients after radical surgery remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of preoperative hypokalemia on the short-term outcomes for colorectal cancer (
Bin Zhang +6 more
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Hypokalemic paralysis associated with cystic disease of the kidney: case report
BMC Nephrology, 2011 Background Severe hypokalemia is known to cause muscle paralysis, and renal tubular acidosis is a recognized cause. Cystic disease of the kidney is associated with severe hypokalemia.
Jayasinghe Saroj +3 more
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Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis, 2022 Hypokalemia is a relatively common electrolyte disorder usually resulting from gastrointestinal wasting. Transient hyperkalemia in those treated for hypokalemia has been previously described to occur in 16% of hospitalized patients. The majority of those
Matthew C. Breeggemann, Stephen L. Gluck
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Torsade de Pointes Induced by Hypokalemia from Imipenem and Piperacillin [PDF]
, 2017 Imipenem-cilastatin and piperacillin-tazobactam are two antibiotics with broad antimicrobial coverage. Besides the many well established adverse effects of these drugs, there have been few case reports of hypokalemia.
Monica Stancu +2 more
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Prevalence and Management of Hypokalemia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in Qatar
International Journal of Nephrology, 2019 Introduction. Hypokalemia is common in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). It is associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Treatment usually includes oral potassium supplements, which are poorly tolerated. Our aim was to
Abdullah Hamad +6 more
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Hypokalemia and the Prevalence of Primary Aldosteronism
, 2020 Hypokalemia is closely linked with the pathophysiology of primary aldosteronism (PA). Although hypokalemic PA is less common than the normokalemic course of the disease, hypokalemia is of particular importance for the manifestation and development of ...
Gruber, Sven +3 more
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Assessment of hypokalemia and clinical prognosis in Patients with COVID-19 in Yangzhou, China.
PLoS ONE, 2022 BackgroundHypokalemia is a frequent electrolyte imbalance in patients with COVID-19. The aim of this study was to estimate the association between hypokalemia and clinical prognosis in patients with moderate COVID-19.MethodsA single-center, retrospective,
Jiangtao Yin +11 more
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Potassium wasting nephropathy in the setting of tizanidine overdose: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background Hypokalemia has been rarely attributed to tizanidine, although the precise mechanism is unclear. Severe hypokalemia is a well-established cause of abnormalities involving cardiac conduction. Given this agent’s well-known cardiac arrhythmogenic
Michael J. Brucculeri, Juan Garcia
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Hypokalemia and rhabdomyolysis
Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 2015 The adverse drug event manager of the Capital Region of Denmark received a report of a 65-year-old male with type II diabetes and long-lasting treatment with indapamide. In addition, he had a history of a high consumption of licorice. For 2 weeks, the patient suffered from myalgia, which the general practitioner suspected to be polymyalgia rheumatica ...
Horwitz, Henrik +3 more
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Risk factors for postoperative hypokalemia in patients undergoing endoscopic pituitary adenoma resection: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
PeerJBackground Currently, endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery is the primary approach for treating pituitary tumors. While endoscopic surgery offers numerous advantages, it also comes with a series of potential surgical complications.
Maoxiang Li +7 more
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