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To evaluate potassium balance and investigate potential mechanisms causing low potassium levels in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia.

January 1, 1975Annals of Internal Medicine

Hypokalaemia in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

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MMM. Amin MirUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Cohort study reveals frequent hypokalaemia in acute myeloid leukaemia patients, suggesting multifactorial causes beyond serum and urinary lysozyme levels.

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To evaluate potassium balance and investigate potential mechanisms causing low potassium levels in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia.
Conducted potassium balance studies in 32 consecutive patients with acute myeloid leukaemia and its variants.
Assessed serum potassium concentrations, urinary potassium loss, and serum and urinary lysozyme (muramidase) levels.
Serum potassium concentrations dropped below 3.5 meq/litre in 19 of 32 patients (59%) during their illness.
Serum and urinary lysozyme levels showed no correlation with the development of low serum potassium, indicating that unexplained urinary loss and other factors drive hypokalaemia.

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M. Amin Mir (1975) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a830bf2ab7e78751db3792e https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-82-1-54

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Cohort study reveals frequent hypokalaemia in acute myeloid leukaemia patients, suggesting multifactorial causes beyond serum and urinary lysozyme levels.

Hypokalaemia in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

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Hypokalaemia in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

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