title: Electrolyte and renal changes in severe potassium depletion.
abstract: This report describes electrolyte changes and some clinical aspects of the renal disease associated with the loss of potassium through the gastrointestinal tract in 2 patients with diarrhea. In one of them, the diarrhea resulted from non-tropical sprue, in the other, from non-beta islet-cell adenoma of pancreas. In both patients, some observations were repeated after potassium repletion.
authors.forename: Virgílio Gonçalves
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Bernardo Léo
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wajchenberg
authors.forename: Eder Rocha
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Quintão
authors.forename: Marcelo Marcondes
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D007516:Adenoma, Islet Cell; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011191:Potassium Deficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013746:Tetany / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D011188:Potassium