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Rev Mex Pediatr 2007; 74 (2)

Extreme hypokalemia in an adolescent girl

Tavera HM, Chavolla CMB, Sonabend F, Richheimer WR

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 74-79
PDF size: 85.63 Kb.


ABSTRACT

We report of a 12 year-old girl who presented with severe hypokalemia, as low as 1.6 mEq/L, secondary to repeated vomiting and prolonged fasting. Management was complex due to the degree of the fluid and electrolyte imbalance. In the few published reports of severe hypokalemia in previously healthy patients we have not found cases as severe as the one which is presented.


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