Severe Hypokalemia and Metabolic Alkalosis Caused by Licorice Discovered During the Treatment of Intraoperative Hypoxemia

One of the causes of preoperative hypokalemia is the prolonged use of herbal medicines, especially licorice. Licorice can induce pseudo-aldosteronism, hypertension, metabolic alkalosis, and hypokalemia. An 87-year-old woman with a history of knee osteoarthritis was scheduled to undergo a total knee...

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Autores principales: Shibata, Taisuke, Yoshinuma, Hiromi, Sugiyama, Daisuke, Kobayashi, Osamu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Anesthesiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9236722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774714
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25432

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9236722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774714
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25432

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