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Endocrine crises. Hypokalemia
1Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Critical Care Clinics
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Hypokalemia is a common and potentially life-threatening electrolyte disturbance. This article reviews normal potassium homeostasis and transcellular potassium movement. In addition, extrarenal and renal causes of hypokalemia are discussed. The authors conclude this article with a simple approach to evaluation and management of hypokalemia in the intensive care unit setting.