potassium deficiency/obesity

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Effects of potassium supplementation on insulin binding and insulin action in human obesity: protein-modified fast and refeeding.

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To investigate the role of potassium deficiency in the development of glucose intolerance during caloric deprivation, potassium balance was maintained within normality with oral potassium supplementation in a group of obese subjects who underwent protein-modified fast and the results of the study of

A possible low intracellular potassium in obesity.

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In comparison with lean marathon runners whose fat content was 15%, obese subjects with a fat content of 55% showed a 36% reduction in intracellular potassium. It is hypothesized that as much as 60% of this decrease may have been due to the lower proportion of muscle (which has the highest

Respiratory Arrest in an Obese Pregnant Woman with Hyperemesis Gravidarum.

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A pregnant, non-Japanese-speaking Peruvian, and, thus, with communication difficulty, suffered hyperemesis gravidarum and had respiratory arrest, requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The obese pregnant woman (prepregnancy weight: 107 kg) had vomited and lost 15 kg in bodyweight over

Does Potassium Deficiency Contribute to Hypertension in Children and Adolescents?

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The increasing prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents has been largely, but not entirely, related to the childhood obesity epidemic. Among the noted risk factors detectable in children is elevated blood pressure. Emerging findings indicate that in addition to

Tetany induced by hypokalemia in the absence of alkalosis.

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A 36-year-old patient developed tetany manifested only by a positive Trousseau's sign and with a negative Chvostek's sign 8 weeks after gastric bypass surgery for obesity. The usual causes of tetany (hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia and alkalosis) were absent. The only possible etiology found was

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