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Associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics
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hypokalemia
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Hypokalemia , also spelled hypokalaemia , refers to the condition in which the concentration of potassium (K) in the blood is low. Normal plasma potassium levels are between 3.5 and 5.0 meq/l ; about 98% of the body's potassium is found inside cells , with ...
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n. abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics [ant: hyperkalemia ]
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alt. (context medicine English) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood. n. (context medicine English) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood.
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Inhibition of the enzyme allows cortisol to act as the major endogenous mineralocorticoid producing a marked elevation in mineralocorticoid activity, resulting in hypertension, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis.