Furosemide-induced severe hypokalemia with rhabdomyolysis without cardiac arrest

Background Hypokalemia induced by diuretic abuse is a life-threatening emergency. Case presentation A 22-years-old female nurse with a body mass index 18 suffered from myalgias, vomiting and diarrhea. Blood tests revealed hypokalemia with a lowest value of 1.1 mmol/l, moderate hyponatremia, metaboli...
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Ruisz, Wolfgang [verfasserIn]

Stöllberger, Claudia

Finsterer, Josef

Weidinger, Franz

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2013

Schlagwörter:

Furosemide

Hypokalemia

Rhabdomyolysis

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© Ruisz et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: BMC women's health - London : BioMed Central, 2001, 13(2013), 1 vom: 09. Juli

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volume:13 ; year:2013 ; number:1 ; day:09 ; month:07

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1472-6874-13-30

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SPR028764285

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