Atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: Case report from Sierra Leone.
<p>Rhabdomyolysis results from acute necrosis of skeletal muscle fibres and consequent leakage of muscle constituents into the circulation. Its association with anything different than trauma in the Emergency Room is not that frequent. We present the case of a 47-year-old male, hypertensive, t...
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doaj-d2c4749111a2481c86bdab2ed7dc48392021-01-02T15:49:30ZengUniversidad Nacional de CórdobaRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba0014-67221853-06052018-12-0175431031310.31053/1853.0605.v75.n4.2039818375Atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: Case report from Sierra Leone.Fernando Daniel Berdaguer Ferrari0Hassanatu Bashiru Jalloh1Abdul Rahman Barrie2Abdul Karim Mansaray3Kyungah Song4Alexandra Molina García5Médecins Sans FrontièresMédecins Sans FrontièresMédecins Sans FrontièresMinistry of Health – Sierra Leone.Médecins Sans FrontièresMédecins Sans Frontières<p>Rhabdomyolysis results from acute necrosis of skeletal muscle fibres and consequent leakage of muscle constituents into the circulation. Its association with anything different than trauma in the Emergency Room is not that frequent. We present the case of a 47-year-old male, hypertensive, that developed weakness and incapability to walk without help, finding on the blood biochemistry that he had developed a rhabdomyolysis due to hipokalemia after abusing of diuretics.</p>https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/20398rhabdomyolysishipokalemiadiuretics |
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Fernando Daniel Berdaguer Ferrari Hassanatu Bashiru Jalloh Abdul Rahman Barrie Abdul Karim Mansaray Kyungah Song Alexandra Molina García Atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: Case report from Sierra Leone. Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba rhabdomyolysis hipokalemia diuretics |
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Fernando Daniel Berdaguer Ferrari Hassanatu Bashiru Jalloh Abdul Rahman Barrie Abdul Karim Mansaray Kyungah Song Alexandra Molina García |
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Fernando Daniel Berdaguer Ferrari |
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Atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: Case report from Sierra Leone. |
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Atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: Case report from Sierra Leone. |
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Atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: Case report from Sierra Leone. |
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Atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: Case report from Sierra Leone. |
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Atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: Case report from Sierra Leone. |
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atypical presentation of rhabdomyolysis due to hypokalaemia induced by diuretics abuse: case report from sierra leone. |
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Universidad Nacional de Córdoba |
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Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba |
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0014-6722 1853-0605 |
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2018-12-01 |
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<p>Rhabdomyolysis results from acute necrosis of skeletal muscle fibres and consequent leakage of muscle constituents into the circulation. Its association with anything different than trauma in the Emergency Room is not that frequent. We present the case of a 47-year-old male, hypertensive, that developed weakness and incapability to walk without help, finding on the blood biochemistry that he had developed a rhabdomyolysis due to hipokalemia after abusing of diuretics.</p> |
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rhabdomyolysis hipokalemia diuretics |
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