The resultant high cortisol level (100-fold higher than aldosterone) avidly binds to and activates the mineralocorticoid receptors leading to hypertension and hypokalemia. Case: A 14-year-old girl ...

Divers found the Antikythera mechanism in a shipwreck in 1900. Zde via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 More than a century ago, a group of sponge divers discovered a shipwreck near the Greek ...

Hypokalemia may lead to an irregular heartbeat, also known as arrhythmia. Some arrhythmias can be life threatening without treatment, but restoring potassium levels may help reverse symptoms ...

Hypokalemia, defined as serum potassium below 3.5 mEq/L ... This significant elevation of immature RBCs led us to consider an additional source of potassium depletion by the mechanism of sequestration ...

Your body requires a balanced set of vitamins and minerals. This means that both low and excess amounts of nutrients can throw your bodily systems off. Potassium is an essential mineral that plays ...

Hypokalemia, a condition characterized by low potassium levels in the blood, can lead to hypomagnesemia, a condition characterized by low magnesium levels in the blood. The exact mechanism of this ...

Hypokalemia occurs when the body excretes too much potassium. People with the condition do not have enough of this crucial mineral in the blood. Severe hypokalemia can lead to signs and symptoms ...

Sponge divers pulled the first fragments of what became known as the Antikythera Mechanism from a Roman-era shipwreck in 1901 off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera. Ever since the ...

The mechanism of action of adrenergic stimulants such as terbutaline ... and it is less frequent if the route of administration is by inhalation. The management of hypokalemia depends on the potassium ...

Credit: Getty Images Investigators speculate that a novel target of autoimmunity in LN that affects renal tubular potassium transport results in idiopathic hypokalemia in patients with LN.