{"title":"Hypokalemia-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with Anorexia Nervosa: A Case Report","authors":"Yu-Wei Fang","doi":"10.24966/nrt-7313/100064","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Sudden death is the main cause of mortality in patients with anorexia nervosa. Contribution form Life-threatening arrhythmia was highly suspected. Herein, we describe the case of a 20-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with general weakness and vertigo followed by sudden change in consciousness and syncope.","PeriodicalId":159310,"journal":{"name":"Nephrology and Renal Therapy","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nephrology and Renal Therapy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.24966/nrt-7313/100064","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sudden death is the main cause of mortality in patients with anorexia nervosa. Contribution form Life-threatening arrhythmia was highly suspected. Herein, we describe the case of a 20-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with general weakness and vertigo followed by sudden change in consciousness and syncope.