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ArticleIndian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine2018

Severe Hypokalemia Mimicking Brain Death.

Asif Ali Hitawala, Piyush Garg, Abhay Jain, Ashish Nahar

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Article in Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Brain death: a clinical overview.Journal of intensive care · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Asif Ali HitawalaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, GBH American Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Piyush GargDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, GBH American Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Abhay JainDepartment of Medicine, GBH American Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Ashish NaharDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, GBH American Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We discuss a case of a 20-year-old female who presented with history of fever, vomiting, and decreased oral intake for 10 days followed by one episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizure and altered sensorium for 5-6 h. On arrival in the emergency room, she had Glasgow Coma Scale 3 (E1V1M1), both pupils fixed and dilated, low blood pressure, low oxygen saturation, and few gasping breaths. She appeared to be brain dead and was assumed to have a very poor prognosis. Investigations revealed severe hypokalemia. She had also suffered acute hypoxic-ischemic injury to the brain. However, she recovered and was discharged about 2 weeks later.

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Brain deathflaccid paralysissevere hypokalemia

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PMID30294136
PMCPMC6161578

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