Hipokalemia, hipovolemia y repercusión electrocardiográfica secundarias a ingesta prolongada de furosemida: Caso clínico / Hypokalemia, hypovolemia and electrocardiographic changes due to furosemide abuse: Report of one case
Rev. méd. Chile
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135(11): 1456-1462, nov. 2007. graf, tab
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ABSTRACT
Hypokalemia (serum K+ < 3.5 mEq/1) is a potentially serious adverse effect of diuretic ingestión. We report a 27 year-old woman admitted with muscle weakness, a serum potassium of 2.0 mEq/1, metabolic alkalosis and EKG abnormalities simulating cardiac ischemia, that reverted with potassium chloride administration. She admitted high dose furosemide self-medication for edema. Glomerular filtration rate, tubular sodium reabsortion, potassium secretion, the renin-aldosterone system, total body water distribution and capillary permeability, were studied sequentially until 90 days after her admission. There was hyperactivity of the renin-aldosterone axis, reduction in extracellular and intracellular volumes, normal capillary permeability and high sodium tubular reabsorption, probably explained by a "rebound" salt retention associated with her decreased extracellular volume.
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Asunto principal:
Automedicación
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Hipovolemia
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Diuréticos
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Furosemida
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Hipopotasemia
Límite:
Adulto
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Femenino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Español
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Chile
Institución/País de afiliación:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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