1983～1984年期间,陕西省周至、咸阳、蒲城等产棉区流行低血钾软病,患病人数达3万多人,病死率高达4.9％。本文就住院的12例死亡病例总结分析如下,以供同道参考。 During 1983-1984, hypokalemia and soft-tissue disease were prevalent in the cotton producing areas of Zhouzhi, Xianyang and Pucheng in Shaanxi Province. The number of affected patients was over 30,000 with a mortality rate as high as 4.9%. In this paper, 12 cases of hospitalized deaths are summarized as follows, for fellow reference.