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Severe hypokalemia in the emergency department: A retrospective, single-center study.
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- Severe Hypokalemia Complicated by Acute Myopathy: Initial Manifestation of Primary Sjögren's Syndrome-Associated Renal Tubular Acidosis.The American journal of case reports · 2023Pooled it
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- Beta-lactam-associated hypokalemia.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Review
- Real-World Evidence on Levetiracetam-Induced Hypokalemia: An Active Comparator Cohort Study.Drugs - real world outcomes · 2024Article
- Severe hypokalemia in the emergency department: A retrospective, single-center study.Health science reports · 2022Article
- A patient with acute quadriparesis in the emergency department: Unmasking the diagnosis through electrocardiography.Turkish journal of emergency medicineArticle
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Abstract
Background and Aims: Hypokalemia is one of the most common problems in the emergency department (ED). Severe hypokalemia, defined as a serum potassium level ≤2.5 mEq/L, is a relatively uncommon electrolyte disorder, and few studies have reported its prevalence, etiology, symptoms, and management in the ED. Therefore, we aimed to investigate them in this study. Methods: This retrospective single-center study included adult patients whose serum potassium levels were measured in the ED between 2012 and 2019. Data including age, sex, serum potassium levels, and serum creatinine levels were collected from the electronic medical records. Results: The serum potassium levels of 21,616 adult patients were measured. The median age of these patients was 73 years (range: 57-83 years), and 38% were men. The prevalence of severe hypokalemia was 0.4%. The most common symptom of symptomatic severe hypokalemia was weakness ( Conclusion: The management of severe hypokalemia in the ED may be suboptimal. Emergency physicians should be vigilant to avoid missing hypokalemia.
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