Furosemide-induced severe hypokalemia with rhabdomyolysis without cardiac arrest

BACKGROUND: Hypokalemia induced by diuretic abuse is a life-threatening emergency. CASE PRESENTATION: A 22-years-old female nurse with a body mass index 18 suffered from myalgias, vomiting and diarrhea. Blood tests revealed hypokalemia with a lowest value of 1.1 mmol/l, moderate hyponatremia, metabo...

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Autores principales: Ruisz, Wolfgang, Stöllberger, Claudia, Finsterer, Josef, Weidinger, Franz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3710286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23834955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-13-30

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3710286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23834955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-13-30

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