A physiologic-based approach to the evaluation of a patient with hypokalemia

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1184-1190

  Palmer, Biff F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Distal sodium delivery; Hypokalemia; Mineralocorticoid; Urine electrolytes

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; LOSARTAN; MINERALOCORTICOID; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SURREPTITIOUS VOMITING; VOMITING;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MINERALOCORTICOIDS; POTASSIUM; RENIN; VOMITING; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 78649442837     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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