Case Report
Hypokalaemia and Renal Tubular Acidosis due to Abuse of Nurofen Plus
Table 1
Biochemical results.
| | Hours | Urea
(mmol/L) | Creat
(mol/L) | Na
(mmol/L) | K
(mmol/L) | HCO3 (mmol/L) | Cl
(mmol/L) | PO4 (mmol/L) | Mg2+ (mmol/L) | BE
(mmol/L) | H+ (nmol/L) |
| | 0 | 2.7 | 56 | 146 | 1.9 | 13 | | 0.57 | 0.93 | −7.4 | 40.7 | | 5 | 2.9 | 48 | 149 | 1.8 | 16 | 124 | 0.65 | 0.78 | −8.2 | 38.6 | | 9 | 2.7 | 52 | 148 | 2.3 | 15 | 125 | 0.71 | 0.82 | −8.1 | 33.9 | | 17 | 2.5 | 50 | 149 | 2.3 | 15 | 123 | 1.10 | 0.78 | −7.3 | 34.6 | | 41 | 1.5 | 46 | 142 | 4.8 | 15 | 123 | 0.93 | 0.71 | −9.1 | 41.3 |
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