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Hypokalemia (<3.5 mEq/L) (Etiology (renal potassium wasting (osmotic…

- - - - vomiting
      - severe diarrhoea
    - - sweating
      - burns
- - - - rarely symptomatic
    - - nonspecific symptoms
        
        muscle pain
        
        weakness
        
        fatigue
        
        palpitations
  - - - ileus
    - - cardiac dysrhythmia
      - rhabdomyolysis
      - atrial & ventricular premature contractions
      - supraventricular tachycardia
- - - - renal tubular acidosis, DKA
      - lower GI losses
  - - - low
        
        secondary hyperaldosteronism
        
        decreased renal perfusion
    - - more than 20 mEq
        
        renal tubular acidosis, DKA, diuretic use, hyperaldosteronism, vomiting
      - less than 20 mEq #
- - - - KCL oral
    - - 20 mEq KCL/hr IV + cardiac monitoring for dysrhythmias