Naslov
Colonic pseudo-obstruction and severe hypokalemia in an anuric diabetic patient on hemodialysis: case report and review of the literature

Autori
Kovačević, Igor ; Šefer, Siniša ; Ratković-Gusić, Iva ; Degoricija, Vesna ; Szavits-Nossan, Janko

Izvornik
Acta Clinica Croatica (0353-9466) 45 (2006), 3; 193-197

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, prikaz, stručni

Ključne riječi
intestinal pseudo-obstruction-etiology; intestinal pseudo-obstruction-diagnosis; intestinal pseudo-obstruction-therapy; hypokalemia-etiology; chronic diseases-therapy; risk factors; case report

Sažetak
Hypokalemia is a rare condition in the end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis, and especially in those with no residual diuresis. If hypkalemia occurs, it is usually transient and mostly associated with gastrointestinal loss of potassium (massive diarrheal stools), or appears immediately after hemodialysis with the use of dialysis solutions with potassium concentrations lower than 2 mmol/L. The aim of this case report is to present a case of a female diabetic patient on hemodialysis with permanent severe hypokalemia associated with chronic colonic pseudo-obstruction and secretory diarrhea, and to point to the possible rare cause of permanent hypokalemia in anuric patients with end-stage renal disease as well as to the causal relations of persistent hypokalemia with changes in different organ systems.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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