Potassium chloride mixture may maintain hypokalaemia and hypertension

TY - JOUR

T1 - Potassium chloride mixture may maintain hypokalaemia and hypertension

AU - Mandoe, Mette Johannsen

AU - Borg, Rikke

AU - Hansen, Ditte

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - Hypokalaemia can be treated with potassium chloride mixture Some mixtures contain liquorice extract (glycyrrhizin) as a supplement to improve taste Glycyrrhizin can cause pseudohyperaldosteronism and thereby result in hypertension and hypokalaemia We here present a case where treatment with potassium chloride mixture causes hypertension and hypokalaemia in a 50-year-old woman After unravelling differential diagnosis, the potassium chloride mixture was stopped After the discontinuation, the patient's blood pressure was well managed and the potassium levels normalised

AB - Hypokalaemia can be treated with potassium chloride mixture Some mixtures contain liquorice extract (glycyrrhizin) as a supplement to improve taste Glycyrrhizin can cause pseudohyperaldosteronism and thereby result in hypertension and hypokalaemia We here present a case where treatment with potassium chloride mixture causes hypertension and hypokalaemia in a 50-year-old woman After unravelling differential diagnosis, the potassium chloride mixture was stopped After the discontinuation, the patient's blood pressure was well managed and the potassium levels normalised

KW - Cardiovascular system

KW - Contraindications and precautions

KW - Endocrine system

KW - Fluid electrolyte and acid-base disturbances

KW - Hypertension

U2 - 10.1136/bcr-2017-223732

DO - 10.1136/bcr-2017-223732

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 30567256

AN - SCOPUS:85058788940

SN - 1757-790X

VL - 11

JO - BMJ Case Reports

JF - BMJ Case Reports

IS - 1

M1 - e223732

ER -