Expected Dangerously Low Potassium Concentrations

[摘要] A 29-year-old man presented to the Emergency Department with head trauma following a motorcycle accident. On arrival, he was hypoxic and unresponsive. Examinations showed skull fractures and hemorrhage, with climbing intracranial pressures. Laboratory tests revealed dangerously low potassium concentrations (<2 mmol/L; reference interval, 3.6–5.2 mmol/L) over an extended period …

[学科分类] 过敏症与临床免疫学