Cramps and tingling: A diagnostic conundrum

Tetany a syndrome of sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints (carpopedal spasm), muscle twitching, cramps and convulsions, sometimes with an attack of stridor, is due to hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles caused by decreased extracellular ionized calcium. Hyperventilation secondary to anxie...

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Autores principales: Parasa, Mrunalini, Saheb, Shaik Mastan, Vemuri, Nagendra Nath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886236
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.134524
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author Parasa, Mrunalini
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description Tetany a syndrome of sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints (carpopedal spasm), muscle twitching, cramps and convulsions, sometimes with an attack of stridor, is due to hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles caused by decreased extracellular ionized calcium. Hyperventilation secondary to anxiety can result in tetany. We report a case of hyperventilation induced tetany 2 h following spinal anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair.
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spelling pubmed-41736272014-10-22 Cramps and tingling: A diagnostic conundrum Parasa, Mrunalini Saheb, Shaik Mastan Vemuri, Nagendra Nath Anesth Essays Res Case Report Tetany a syndrome of sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints (carpopedal spasm), muscle twitching, cramps and convulsions, sometimes with an attack of stridor, is due to hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles caused by decreased extracellular ionized calcium. Hyperventilation secondary to anxiety can result in tetany. We report a case of hyperventilation induced tetany 2 h following spinal anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4173627/ /pubmed/25886236 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.134524 Text en Copyright: © Anesthesia: Essays and Researches http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173627/
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