Severe hypokalemia secondary to abuse of β-adrenergic agonists in a pediatric patient: Case report
J. bras. nefrol; 42 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT This study reports a case of a 13-year-old male with a 3-year history of severe and intermittent hypokalemia episodes of unknown origin, requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for long QT syndrome (LQTS), finally diagnosed of redistributive hypokalemia secondary to the abuse of ...
Agonistas Adrenérgicos beta/efectos adversos, Agonistas Adrenérgicos beta/sangre, Albuterol/sangre, Sobredosis de Droga/complicaciones, Trastornos Fingidos/diagnóstico, Hipopotasemia/sangre, Hipopotasemia/inducido químicamente, Hipopotasemia/psicología, Síndrome de QT Prolongado/inducido químicamente, Síndrome de QT Prolongado/psicología, Potasio/sangre, Potasio/uso terapéutico, Recurrencia