Hyperkalemia: A rare cause of acute flaccid quadriparesis

Acute flaccid quadriparesis secondary to hyperkalemia is a very rare and serious but reversible medical emergency. We present a case of a 73-year-old female who was admitted with rapidly progressive ascending paraparesis progressing to quadriparesis in about 10 h due to hyperkalemia. Patient was tre...

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Autores principales: Garg, Suneel Kumar, Saxena, Sanjay, Juneja, Deven, Singh, Omender, Kumar, Mukesh, Mukherji, Joy Dev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24550615
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.125439
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Sumario:Acute flaccid quadriparesis secondary to hyperkalemia is a very rare and serious but reversible medical emergency. We present a case of a 73-year-old female who was admitted with rapidly progressive ascending paraparesis progressing to quadriparesis in about 10 h due to hyperkalemia. Patient was treated with antihyperkalemic measures. Her power improved dramatically as potassium levels normalized and she had an uneventful recovery.

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