title: [It is more difficult to smash a prejudice than an atom].
abstract: The death of a 17-year-old patient caused by hypokalemia-induced arrhythmia illustrates the tragic dangers of the current paranoid preoccupation, particularly of young women, with physical beauty and low body weight. This case also reminds the reader that modern textbooks are not always sufficiently reliable. An intellectual approach how to circumvent diagnostic misinterpretation even in the context of misleading textbook information is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Bruderholz.
authors.forename: Reto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krapf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001828:Body Image; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors