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Case Reports
. 2019 May 30;42(2):250-253.
doi: 10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2019-0020.

Severe hypokalemia secondary to abuse of β-adrenergic agonists in a pediatric patient: Case report

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Carolt Arana Aliaga  1 , Leonor Fayos de Arizon  1 , Rosario Montañés Bermúdez  2 , Jose A Ballarín Castán  1 , Anna Vila Santandreu  1
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Severe hypokalemia secondary to abuse of β-adrenergic agonists in a pediatric patient: Case report

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Carolt Arana Aliaga et al. J Bras Nefrol. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

This study reports a case of a 13-year-old male with a 3-year history of severe and intermittent hypokalemia episodes of unknown origin, requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for long QT syndrome (LQTS), finally diagnosed of redistributive hypokalemia secondary to the abuse of β-adrenergic agonists in the context of a probable factitious disorder.

O presente estudo relata o caso de um jovem de 13 anos de idade com histórico, há três anos, de episódios de hipocalemia grave intermitente de origem desconhecida, internado em unidade de terapia intensiva (UTI) por síndrome do QT longo (SQTL). O paciente foi diagnosticado com hipocalemia por redistribuição secundária ao abuso de agonistas β-adrenérgicos, em contexto de provável transtorno factício.

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