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#308 Metabolic Alkalosis and Hypokalemia: Kidney Boy Returns!

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High aldoseron activity is just high aldostron levels, right? And this is found with volume deficiency. Then you have the primar hberaldo cushing center on those types of pictures will also cause increase aldosto levels. And that will also serve to maintain metabolic alcalosis. The kidney starts to excrete that bi carbon te urine. That negative charge, when it gets to the distil a nefron, it's like a magnet, andit holds on to that potassium. So as you're losing bicorpeet urine, you're also losing obligate potassium losses along with it. A ind of ther handcuffed together the potassium and

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