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Vol 93, No 10 (2022)
Clinical vignette
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Difficulties in the management of hypokalemia in a pregnant patient with Gitelman syndrome

Agnieszka Sienicka1, Agata Pisula1, Joanna Kacperczyk-Bartnik2, Agnieszka Dobrowolska-Redo2, Ewa Romejko-Wolniewicz2
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Pubmed: 36748177
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Ginekol Pol 2022;93(10):856-857.
Affiliations
  1. Students’ Scientific Group affiliated to II Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  2. 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

open access

Vol 93, No 10 (2022)
CLINICAL VIGNETTES
Published online: 2022-10-11

Abstract

Gitelman syndrome (GS) is a rare renal disorder, and little is known about its impact on pregnancy. We report the successful outcome of pregnancy in a patient with GS that was managed with aggressive oral and intravenous potassium supplementation.

Abstract

Gitelman syndrome (GS) is a rare renal disorder, and little is known about its impact on pregnancy. We report the successful outcome of pregnancy in a patient with GS that was managed with aggressive oral and intravenous potassium supplementation.

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Keywords

Gitelman syndrome; hypokalemia; pregnancy

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Title

Difficulties in the management of hypokalemia in a pregnant patient with Gitelman syndrome

Journal

Ginekologia Polska

Issue

Vol 93, No 10 (2022)

Article type

Clinical vignette

Pages

856-857

Published online

2022-10-11

Page views

3791

Article views/downloads

621

DOI

10.5603/GP.a2022.0111

Pubmed

36748177

Bibliographic record

Ginekol Pol 2022;93(10):856-857.

Keywords

Gitelman syndrome
hypokalemia
pregnancy

Authors

Agnieszka Sienicka
Agata Pisula
Joanna Kacperczyk-Bartnik
Agnieszka Dobrowolska-Redo
Ewa Romejko-Wolniewicz

References (4)
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  2. Cheung KL, Lafayette RA. Renal physiology of pregnancy. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2013; 20(3): 209–214.
  3. Zhang J, Liu F, Tu J. Gitelman syndrome in pregnancy: a case series. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020; 35(5): 826–831.
  4. Talaulikar GS, Falk MC. Outcome of pregnancy in a patient with Gitelman syndrome: a case report. Nephron Physiol. 2005; 101(2): p35–p38.

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