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Disease hypokalemia
Phenotype C0011991|diarrhea
Sentences 7
PubMedID- 21234762 Influenza-caused diarrhea with consecutive hypokalemia potentially contributed to the fatal outcome of the myocarditis, characterized by ventricular fibrillation.
PubMedID- 20549246 The tendency to these potentially fatal complications is especially high if chronic hypokalemia is severe, in patients with diarrhea, vomiting or a prolonged qt interval on standard electrocardiography, in patients on drug management with compounds prolonging the electrocardiographic qt interval (including antiarrhythmic agents, some antihistamines, macrolides, antifungals, psychotropics, beta2-adrenergic agonists or cisapride), following acute alcohol abuse and during exercise.
PubMedID- 22007339 However, grade 3 toxicities which can be readily managed (such as correction of hypokalemia arising from diarrhea which can be controlled) do not require a drug hold.
PubMedID- 21245600 One patient presented at the age of 8 years with the rare presentation of celiac crisis, which included severe diarrhea and dehydration associated with metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, hypocalcaemia, hypomagnesemia and hypoproteinemia.
PubMedID- 22405093 Lymphocytic colitis with diarrhea may lead to severe hypokalemia and, ultimately, cardiac arrest.
PubMedID- 24723148 Hypokalemic nephrosis, a condition commonly seen in cases of chronic diarrhea, is due to potassium depletion.
PubMedID- 21387794 We observed gastrointestinal disturbances (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), numbness and paresthesias of limbs, severe hypokalemia (1.29 mmol/l) resulting in general paralysis of skeleton muscles, dysarthria and dysphagia, ventricular arrhythmias.

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