- Increased potassium intake.
- Renal potassium wasting due to increased bicarbonate and volume depletion, and intracellular shift of potassium.
- Decreased aldosterone.
- Decreased renal excretion.
194. A patient with uncompensated metabolic alkalosis (e.g., due to severe vomiting) develops hypokalemia. What is the technical pathophysiological mechanism causing the hypokalemia?
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