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Table 1 (corrected): Potassium salts and their milligram to milliequivalent (or millimole) relationships

From: Erratum to: “Correction: Practical aspects in the management of hypokalemic periodic paralysis”

Spoken Name

Chemical Formula

mg

mEq K + (or mM K+)

Elemental potassium ion

K+

39.1

1

Potassium chloride (powder or tablets)

KCl

1500

20

Potassium bicarbonate (powder, tablets, or self-dissolving tablets)

KHCO3

650

6.5

Potassium citrate monohydrate

K3C6H5O7*H2O

1622

15 (i.e., 5 mEq of K3C6H5O7*H2O)

Potassium chloride 10% oral solution, 15 mL

KCl 10% oral solution

1500

20

Potassium chloride 20% oral solution, 15 mL

KCl 20% oral solution

3000

40

Potassium gluconate elixer, 15 mL

KC6H11O7

4680

20

Potassium gluconate tablets

KC6H11O7

500

2