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Disorders of Potassium: Hypokalemia

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Hypokalemia is defined as a serum [K+] < 3.5 mEq/L. The important causes of hypokalemia can be divided into five major categories: (1) dietary, (2) K+ uptake by cells (transcellular), (3) renal loss, (4) gastrointestinal loss, and (5) skin loss.

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  1. Department of Medicine Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Prof. Alluru S. Reddi Md, Ph.D

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Reddi, A. (2014). Disorders of Potassium: Hypokalemia. In: Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9083-8_15

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