Pregnancy predisposes to rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalemia

Increased predilection for hypokalemia-induced rhabdomyolysis has been noted in pregnant women. We managed a woman with distal renal tubular acidosis (RTA) with persistent hypokalemia who presented with recurrent rhabdomyolysis in her consecutive pregnancies despite adequate potassium citrate therap...

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Main Authors: Muthukrishnan Jayaraman, Harikumar KVS, Jha Ratan, Modi Kirtikumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2010;volume=21;issue=6;spage=1127;epage=1128;aulast=Muthukrishnan