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Symptoms
Mild hypokalemia usually results in no symptoms, while moderate hypokalemia results in confusion, disorientation, wea...
Causes
Hypokalemia is most commonly caused by the use of diuretics. Diuretics are drugs that increase the excretion of water...
Tests
Hypokalemia can be measured by acquiring a sample of blood, preparing blood serum, and using a potassium sensitive el...
Treatments
In emergency situations, when severe hypokalemia is suspected, the patient should be put on a cardiac monitor, and re...
Complications
The prognosis for correcting hypokalemia is excellent. However, in emergency situations, where potassium is administe...
Prevention
Hypokalemia is not a concern for healthy persons, since potassium is present in a great variety of foods. For patient...
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