Significant disturbances of potassium homeostasis may cause considerable morbidity and mortality and the prompt recognition and appropriate treatment of these disturbances after drinking inorganic acid could be life-saving. The administration of the m...
Significant disturbances of potassium homeostasis may cause considerable morbidity and mortality and the prompt recognition and appropriate treatment of these disturbances after drinking inorganic acid could be life-saving. The administration of the mineral acid HCl to experimental animals causes an elevation in the plasma potassium concentration, which has been attributed to shift of the potassium from the intracellular to the extracellular space. The authors report upon a case of hyperkalemia due to the drinking inorganic acid (0.4N HCl) in 51 years-old male, and provide a literature review of hyperpotassemia in inorganic acid-related acidosis.