Severe hypokalemia secondary to abuse of β-adrenergic agonists in a pediatric patient: Case report
ABSTRACT This study reports a case of a 13-year-old male with a 3-year history of severe and intermittent hypokalemia episodes of unknown origin, requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for long QT syndrome (LQTS), finally diagnosed of redistributive hypokalemia secondary to the abuse o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Nephrology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002019005017102&lng=en&tlng=en |