Profound Hypokalaemia Resulting in Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Catastrophic Complication of Hyperemesis Gravidarum?

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:6.81em"/><col style="width:14.43em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Potassium K+</i></td><td class="align_center"><i>49 mmol/24hr (range 25-125)</i></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Creatinine</i></td><td class="align_center"><i>12.5 mmol/24hr (range 6.0 – 14.0)</i></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Cortisol (free)</i></td><td class="align_center"><i>26 nmol/24hr (range 10 - 120)</i></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Urinary electrolytes/cortisol (24hr collection).</div>

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Table 4: Profound Hypokalaemia Resulting in Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Catastrophic Complication of Hyperemesis Gravidarum? 