Furosemide-induced severe hypokalemia with rhabdomyolysis without cardiac arrest

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ruisz, Wolfgang ^a   Stöllberger, Claudia ^a,b   Finsterer, Josef ^a   Weidinger, Franz ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b not available   (Austria)

Author keywords

Furosemide; Hypokalemia; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; FUROSEMIDE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NURSE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QT PROLONGATION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; ST SEGMENT; VOMITING; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

DIURETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; POTASSIUM; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880379622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-13-30     Document Type: Article

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