Acute hypokalemia as a possible cause of death in a patient with advanced muscular dystrophy
Soloway, S.S.; Mudge, G.H.
Johns Hopkins Medical Journal 144(5): 166-167
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-7263 PMID: 449173 Document Number: 150052
A patient with advanced muscular dystrophy of the Duchenne type developed severe hypokalemia thought to be secondary to moderate gastro-intestinal losses in association with reduced intracellular potassium stores. With correction of the hypokalemia, the cardiac rhythm became more normal. In patients with advanced dystrophy, hypokalemia may be functionally significant.
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