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Low Potassium (cont.)

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hypokalemia, electrolytes, diuretics, water pills, potassium sparing water pills, potassium replacement therapy, low potassium level, low potassium

Authors and Editors

Author: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

REFERENCE: eMedicine.com. Hypokalemia.
<http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/242008-overview>


Last Editorial Review: 1/27/2011

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Potassium, the most abundant intracellular cation, is essential for the life of the organism.

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