TY - JOUR
T1 - The devil is in the details
T2 - Approach to refractory hypokalemia
AU - Cervantes, Carmen Elena
AU - Udayappan, Karthik Meiyappan
AU - Geetha, Duvuru
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - A 71-year-old man was told by his primary care physician to go to the emergency department for evaluation of asymptomatic hypokalemia detected on outpatient laboratory testing. He had a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, gout, and atrial fi brillation. He reported that his father and brother had well-controlled hypertension diagnosed in adulthood. He was a former smoker but denied alcohol consumption. Recently, he had been exercising daily and following a diet to lose weight. He had visited his primary care physician because of new-onset lower-extremity edema
AB - A 71-year-old man was told by his primary care physician to go to the emergency department for evaluation of asymptomatic hypokalemia detected on outpatient laboratory testing. He had a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, gout, and atrial fi brillation. He reported that his father and brother had well-controlled hypertension diagnosed in adulthood. He was a former smoker but denied alcohol consumption. Recently, he had been exercising daily and following a diet to lose weight. He had visited his primary care physician because of new-onset lower-extremity edema
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U2 - 10.3949/ccjm.89a.21013
DO - 10.3949/ccjm.89a.21013
M3 - Article
C2 - 35365555
AN - SCOPUS:85127526833
SN - 0891-1150
VL - 89
SP - 182
EP - 188
JO - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
IS - 4
ER -