🧩 Medical MnemonicsHypokalemia
causes Eid Mubarak 🌺🌙 🎆🕋 ⚡Enteric losses ( diarrhea)
⚡Insulin excess,
Increase of Glucocorticoid (Cushing's, exogenous steroids, ectopic ACTH),
Increased sweat losses
⚡Dialysis,
Decrease of body temperature (hypothermia)
⚡Magnesium depletion
⚡Urinary losses(Diuretics)
⚡β-adrenergic activity,
Bartter's or Gitelman's syndrome
⚡Alkalosis,
Amphotericin B
⚡RTA types I and II
⚡Aldosteronism
⚡Ketoacidosis
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dont take enough sodium, some medication or some disease like diabetes insipidus