Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 22 No. (3), 1990.
Case report
A case of death caused by the intake of saliduretics for the purpose of weight reduction
Ivan Jančuljak
Zorislav Kraus
Davor Jančuljak
Abstract
The paper deals with a case of death of a young women, who has been taking salidiuretics at times for several years for the purpose of an »estetic« reduction of body weight. The patient was examined in surgeries several times and she stated the intake of diuretics in order to lose weight. Her medical record does not state that diuretics were prescribed to her; she was probably getting them without prescriptions. The lesions found on her body led to the conclusion that the patient had shown the symptoms of hypokalaemia a few days before she died. Epidemiological and criminological analysis as well as the obduction and histological examinations undoubtedly revealed kidney and myocardial lesions caused by a protracted hypokalaemia. This is an example of accidental death.
Keywords
death; hypokalaemia; salidiuretics; weight reduction
Hrčak ID:
196270
URI
Publication date:
1.12.1990.
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