Hypokalemia is defined as a serum potassium of <3.5 mmol/l. It is graded in mild (potassium 3-3.5 mmol/l, whole body deficit 130-300 mmol/l), moderate (potassium 2.5-3.0 mmol/l, whole body deficit 300-500 mmol/l), and severe (potassium <2.5 mmol/l, whole body deficit ›500 mmol/l).
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Brunkhorst, R. (2014). Hypokalemia. In Urology at a Glance (pp. 89–91). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54859-8_19
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