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Within Vinony's link graph, hypokalemia is referenced by 483 other articles, and connects out to ion, electrocardiography and vomiting.
It is catalogued under topics including Electrolyte disturbances, Mineral deficiencies and Nephrology.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).caption
- An ECG in a person with a potassium level of 1.1 meq/L showing the classical changes of ST segment depression, inverted T waves, large U waves, and a slightly prolonged PR interval.
- Medical condition (new).field
- Critical care medicine
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Feeling tired, leg cramps, weakness, constipation, abnormal heart rhythm
- Medical condition (new).complications
- Cardiac arrest
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Diarrhea, medications like furosemide and steroids, dialysis, diabetes insipidus, hyperaldosteronism, hypomagnesemia, not enough intake in the diet
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Blood potassium < 3.5 mmol/L
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Dietary changes, potassium supplements, based on the underlying cause
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- 20% of people admitted to hospital
- Medical condition (new).name
- Hypokalemia
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Hypokalaemia, hypopotassaemia, hypopotassemia
- Medical condition (new).image
- LowKECG.JPG
- Medical condition (new).width
- 350px
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Research
18,064 papers- [Flucloxacillin-induced hypokalemia].Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde · 2024
- Diuretic-induced hypokalaemia: an updated review.Postgraduate medical journal · 2022
- [Hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia and ventricular arrhythmia during diuretic treatment of arterial hypertension].Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux · 1988
- [Hypokalemia can accelerate the development of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease].Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke · 2002
- Drug-induced hypokalaemia.Current drug safety · 2009
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Subclass of
- electrolyte imbalance
- Image
- ECG Pattern Of Hypokalemia.png
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- Commons category
- Hypokalemia
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C34939
- health specialty
- emergency medicine
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002900
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- potassium chloride
- ICD-9-CM
- 276.8
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- opposite of
- hyperkalemia
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Causes
- Inadequate potassium intake
- Gastrointestinal or skin loss
- Urinary loss
- Distribution away from extracellular fluid
- Other
- Pseudohypokalemia
- Pathophysiology
- Diagnosis
- Blood
- Electrocardiogram
- Amount
- Treatment
- Oral potassium supplementation
- Intravenous potassium replacement
- Potassium-sparing diuretics
- Popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Hypokalemia is a low level of potassium (K+) in the blood serum. Mild low potassium does not typically cause symptoms. Symptoms may include feeling tired, leg cramps, weakness, and constipation. Low potassium also increases the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm, which is often too slow and can cause cardiac arrest.
Causes of hypokalemia include vomiting, diarrhea, medications like furosemide and steroids, dialysis, diabetes insipidus, hyperaldosteronism, hypomagnesemia, and not enough intake in the diet. Normal potassium levels in humans are between 3.5 and 5.0 mmol/L (3.5 and 5.0 mEq/L) with levels below 3.5 mmol/L defined as hypokalemia. It is classified as severe when levels are less than 2.5 mmol/L. Low levels may also be suspected based on an electrocardiogram (ECG). The opposite state is called hyperkalemia, which means a high level of potassium in the blood serum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hypokalemia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.