An Unexpected Cause of Severe Hypokalemia

We describe an unusual case of severe hypokalemia with electrocardiographic changes, due to licorice consumption, in a 15-year-old female student with no previous medical history. Prompt replacement of potassium and cessation of licorice ingestion resulted in a favourable outcome. We also discuss th...

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Autores principales: Caravaca-Fontan, Fernando, Martinez-Saez, Olga, Delgado-Yague, Maria, Yerovi, Estefania, Liaño, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26550501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/957583

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26550501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/957583

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