Aldosterone Response in Severe Hypokalemia and Volume Depletion: A Case Report and Review of the Recent Research

We report a case of severe hypokalemia and volume depletion complicated by chronic watery diarrhea resulting from chronic alcoholism in a 57-year-old man. Prompt replacement of normal saline with potassium chloride and cessation of alcohol intake resulted in a favorable outcome. We discuss the patho...

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Autores principales: Kai, Keiko, Tominaga, Naoto, Uchida, Daisuke, Fukai, Nanae, Matsuura, Yumie, Uda, Susumu, Yokochi, Akio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2036503
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author Kai, Keiko
Tominaga, Naoto
Uchida, Daisuke
Fukai, Nanae
Matsuura, Yumie
Uda, Susumu
Yokochi, Akio
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description We report a case of severe hypokalemia and volume depletion complicated by chronic watery diarrhea resulting from chronic alcoholism in a 57-year-old man. Prompt replacement of normal saline with potassium chloride and cessation of alcohol intake resulted in a favorable outcome. We discuss the pathophysiology of the case, emphasizing the response of aldosterone in both hypokalemia and volume depletion, and provide a review of recent research.
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spelling pubmed-49712912016-08-14 Aldosterone Response in Severe Hypokalemia and Volume Depletion: A Case Report and Review of the Recent Research Kai, Keiko Tominaga, Naoto Uchida, Daisuke Fukai, Nanae Matsuura, Yumie Uda, Susumu Yokochi, Akio Case Rep Nephrol Case Report We report a case of severe hypokalemia and volume depletion complicated by chronic watery diarrhea resulting from chronic alcoholism in a 57-year-old man. Prompt replacement of normal saline with potassium chloride and cessation of alcohol intake resulted in a favorable outcome. We discuss the pathophysiology of the case, emphasizing the response of aldosterone in both hypokalemia and volume depletion, and provide a review of recent research. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4971291/ /pubmed/27525137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2036503 Text en Copyright © 2016 Keiko Kai et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kai, Keiko
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Aldosterone Response in Severe Hypokalemia and Volume Depletion: A Case Report and Review of the Recent Research
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title_short Aldosterone Response in Severe Hypokalemia and Volume Depletion: A Case Report and Review of the Recent Research
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2036503
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