hypokalemic (redirected from hypokalemic nephropathy)

hypokalemic /hy·po·ka·le·mic/ (-kah-lem´ik)

1. pertaining to or characterized by hypokalemia.

2. an agent that lowers blood potassium levels.

---

hypokalemic

1. pertaining to or characterized by hypokalemia.

2. an agent that lowers blood potassium levels.

---

feline hypokalemic polymyopathy

seen in cats with severe potassium depletion, usually caused by renal dysfunction and excessive urinary potassium losses. There is generalized muscle weakness, characterized by ventroflexion of the neck; other signs include weight loss, chronic vomiting and constipation.

Cervical ventroflexion in a cat with hypokalemic polymyopathy. By permission from Ettinger SJ, Feldman E, Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Saunders, 2004

hypokalemic nephropathy

chronic loss of potassium due to alimentary tract disease can cause vacuolar degeneration of renal tubular epithelium.