Severe hypokalemia secondary to abuse of β-adrenergic agonists in a pediatric patient: Case report.
Carolt Arana AliagaLeonor Fayos de ArizonRosario Montañés BermúdezJose A Ballarín CastánAnna Vila SantandreuPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2020)
This study reports a case of a 13-year-old male with a 3-year history of severe and intermittent hypokalemia episodes of unknown origin, requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for long QT syndrome (LQTS), finally diagnosed of redistributive hypokalemia secondary to the abuse of β-adrenergic agonists in the context of a probable factitious disorder.