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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2022
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| 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 |