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Hyper- and hypokalemia in critical patients

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The potassium (K+) body pool (50 mEq/kg) is distributed in total body water as positive monovalent ion; as the cell and the endothelial membranes, separating the water compartments of the body, are freely permeable to such ions, K+ fluxes across the membrane according to concentration and to electrical gradient. Extracellular and intracellular water (We and Wi) respectively contain 2% and 98% of the total K+ pool [1].

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Redaelli, B., Bonoldi, G. (1998). Hyper- and hypokalemia in critical patients. In: Critical Care Nephrology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5482-6_18

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