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Alcohol and electrolytes
Alcoholic patients commonly develop a variety of acid-base and electrolyte disturbances. The aim of this review is to describe the most commonly encountered abnormalities and their significant role in the patients’ morbidity and mortality. Physicians should be aware of these clinically important disturbances caused by alcohol abuse and their underlying pathophysiological mechanisms involved for their […]
ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL AND HYPOKALAEMIA: A CASE REPORT
Article NavigationM. R. M. J. Burin C. C. H. CookAlcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 35, Issue 2, 1 March 2000, Pages 188–189, https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/35.2.188Published: 01 March 2000 Article history/.ww-history/.pub-history-wrap for mobile PDF Cite Permissions Share/.toolbar-inner-wrapAbstractA case is presented where a 25-year-old man developed a serious hypokalaemia (K+ 2.2 mmol/l) during alcohol withdrawal, despite intravenous saline treatment and […]
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deemag and chest clinic 