Editing Potassium (section)

====Potassium chloride====
{{see also|Potassium chloride (medical use)}}

Potassium, in the form of potassium chloride is used as a medication to treat and prevent [[low blood potassium]].<ref name="WHO2008">{{cite book | title = WHO Model Formulary 2008 | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-92-4-154765-9 | vauthors = ((World Health Organization)) | veditors = Stuart MC, Kouimtzi M, Hill SR | hdl = 10665/44053 | author-link = World Health Organization | publisher = World Health Organization |page=491 }}</ref> Low blood potassium may occur due to [[vomiting]], [[diarrhea]], or certain medications.<ref name="MTM2017">{{cite web|title=Potassium chloride medical facts from Drugs.com|url=https://www.drugs.com/mtm/potassium-chloride.html|website=www.drugs.com|access-date=14 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118040410/https://www.drugs.com/mtm/potassium-chloride.html|archive-date=18 January 2017}}</ref> It is given by [[intravenous infusion|slow injection into a vein]] or by mouth.<ref name="BNF69">{{cite book|title=British national formulary : BNF 69|date=2015|publisher=British Medical Association|isbn=978-0-85711-156-2|pages=680, 684|edition=69}}</ref>