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Research Article| Volume 7, ISSUE 1, P143-153, January 1991

Hypokalemia

  • Barry I. Freedman
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    Address reprint requests to: Barry I. Freedman, MD, Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, 300 South Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
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    Instructor in Medicine/Nephrology, Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University; and Medical Director, Artificial Kidney Center, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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  • John M. Burkart
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    Assistant Professor of Medicine/Nephrology, Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University; and Medical Director, Piedmont Dialysis Center, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-0704(18)30328-2
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      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.
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