How to Use hypokalemia in a Sentence

hypokalemia

noun
  • This could lead to hypokalemia or low potassium levels.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Excessive licorice root intake can cause hypokalemia, which may raise blood pressure.
    — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 3 Aug. 2026
  • While potassium is recommended for many people with high blood pressure, some blood pressure medications can cause hypokalemia (low blood potassium levels).
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Hospitalizations for hyperkalemia or hypokalemia, conditions where potassium levels are too high or too low, respectively, were similar for the two groups.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • As potassium, an electrolyte, is crucial to cardiac electrical activity, extreme cases of hypokalemia can cause cardiac arrest, according to the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026

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