Patients on some diuretic therapies may lose not only excess water from the body but also ________, resulting in hypokalemia.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
potassium
Hypokalemia is low blood potassium level, less than 3.5 mEq/L. It may result from taking some diuretics and losing excess water from the body.
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