Friday 22 April 2011

associations

hypokalemia predisposes to digoxin toxicity and digoxin use causes hyperkalemia.
hyponatremia (and dehydration) predisposes to lithium toxicity and lithium (polyuria) causes hypernatremia.
hypercalcemia predisposes to pancreatitis and pancreatitis causes hypocalcemia.
severe hypokalemia causes rhabdomyolysis and rhabdomyolysis causes hyperkalemia.

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