Hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis in a child with Bartter's syndrome

Pela, Ivana; Materassi, M.; Seracini, D.; Lavoratti, G.; Bettinelli, A.

doi:10.1007/s00467-005-1916-7

Hypokalemia represents a rare cause of rhabdomyolysis. Some reports have described a few adult patients affected by Bartter's syndrome and Gitelman's syndrome with rhabdomyolysis due to severe hypokalemia. We report the first pediatric patient with Bartter's syndrome in whom rhabdomyolysis developed when her plasma potassium level was less than 2 mEq/l. Prompt intravenous fluid and potassium prevented tubular damage and acute renal failure. We recommend determining serum creatine phosphokinase in all patients affected by Bartter's syndrome and profound hypokalemia.

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Titolo:	Hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis in a child with Bartter's syndrome
Autori di Ateneo:	PELA, IVANA M. MATERASSI D. SERACINI G. LAVORATTI A. BETTINELLI mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Autori:	PELA, IVANA; M. MATERASSI; D. SERACINI; G. LAVORATTI; A. BETTINELLI
Data di pubblicazione:	2005
Rivista:	PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Volume:	20
Pagina iniziale:	1189
Pagina finale:	1191
Abstract:	Hypokalemia represents a rare cause of rhabdomyolysis. Some reports have described a few adult patients affected by Bartter's syndrome and Gitelman's syndrome with rhabdomyolysis due to severe hypokalemia. We report the first pediatric patient with Bartter's syndrome in whom rhabdomyolysis developed when her plasma potassium level was less than 2 mEq/l. Prompt intravenous fluid and potassium prevented tubular damage and acute renal failure. We recommend determining serum creatine phosphokinase in all patients affected by Bartter's syndrome and profound hypokalemia.
Handle:	http://hdl.handle.net/2158/24268
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