A serum potassium level above 10 mmol/l in a patient predisposed to hypokalemia

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 340-346

  Phillips, David R ^a   Ahmad, Kashif I ^b   Waller, Sarah J ^c   Meisner, Peter ^d   Karet, Fiona E ^c,e,f  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bartter's syndrome; Gitelman's syndrome; Hyperkalemia; Hypokalemic alkalosis; Hypomagnesemia

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; COTRANSPORTER; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; INDOMETACIN; INFUSION FLUID; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THYROXINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BARTTER SYNDROME; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIC ALKALOSIS; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; URINE CATHETER; VOMITING;

BARTTER SYNDROME; CALCIUM GLUCONATE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCOSE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INSULIN; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RENAL TUBULAR TRANSPORT, INBORN ERRORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33745963988     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0201     Document Type: Review

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