Descriptor English: | Potassium Deficiency | ||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Deficiencia de Potasio
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Deficiência de Potássio | ||||
Descriptor French: | Potassium, carence | ||||
Entry term(s): |
Deficiencies, Potassium Deficiency, Potassium Potassium Deficiencies |
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Tree number(s): |
C18.654.521.500.617 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011191 | ||||
Scope note: | A condition due to decreased dietary intake of potassium, as in starvation or failure to administer in intravenous solutions, or to gastrointestinal loss in diarrhea, chronic laxative abuse, vomiting, gastric suction, or bowel diversion. Severe potassium deficiency may produce muscular weakness and lead to paralysis and respiratory failure. Muscular malfunction may result in hypoventilation, paralytic ileus, hypotension, muscle twitches, tetany, and rhabomyolysis. Nephropathy from potassium deficit impairs the concentrating mechanism, producing POLYURIA and decreased maximal urinary concentrating ability with secondary POLYDIPSIA. (Merck Manual, 16th ed) |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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Entry Version: | POTASSIUM DEFIC |
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Related: |
Hypokalemia
MeSH | ||||
DeCS ID: | 11629 | ||||
Unique ID: | D011191 | ||||
NLM Classification: | WD 105 | ||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
Revision Date: | 2011/06/24 |
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Potassium Deficiency
- Preferred
Concept UI |
M0017378 |
Scope note | A condition due to decreased dietary intake of potassium, as in starvation or failure to administer in intravenous solutions, or to gastrointestinal loss in diarrhea, chronic laxative abuse, vomiting, gastric suction, or bowel diversion. Severe potassium deficiency may produce muscular weakness and lead to paralysis and respiratory failure. Muscular malfunction may result in hypoventilation, paralytic ileus, hypotension, muscle twitches, tetany, and rhabomyolysis. Nephropathy from potassium deficit impairs the concentrating mechanism, producing POLYURIA and decreased maximal urinary concentrating ability with secondary POLYDIPSIA. (Merck Manual, 16th ed) |
Preferred term | Potassium Deficiency |
Entry term(s) |
Deficiencies, Potassium Deficiency, Potassium Potassium Deficiencies |
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