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Case Report
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Penn Hospital/Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, West Penn Hospital/Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Department of Nephrology, Allegheny General Hospital/Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Margaret M Seybolt
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West Penn Hospital, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Tower 5W, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224,
USA
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Article ID: 100083Z08MS2021
Introduction: Several case reports exist suggesting a possible new transient renal tubular acidosis arising in pregnancy as well as a tendency toward rhabdomyolysis in these patients.
Case Report: The case presents a patient with new onset/possibly transient hypokalemia in pregnancy present with symptomatic rhabdomyolysis. The patient was treated with aggressive potassium repletion during pregnancy and weaned off all therapy postpartum.
Conclusion: A wide differential allowed for identification of a treatable disease entity with good maternal and fetal/neonatal outcome.
Keywords: Hypokalemia, Pregnancy, Rhabdomyolysis, Renal tubular acidosis
Margaret M Seybolt - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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Sohaib Zahid - Analysis of data, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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