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Ultrasound of the diaphragm in severe hypokalemia induced diaphragmatic dysfunction

Severe hypokalemia presents with significant muscle weakness and involvement of respiratory muscles. Bedside ultrasonography of the diaphragm is emerging as a noninvasive bedside tool for diagnosis and followup of diaphragmatic dysfunction due to various causes. Here, we present a case of diaphragma...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Gentle Sunder, Rajbhandari, Shayuja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5684815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29099003
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_4_17
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description Severe hypokalemia presents with significant muscle weakness and involvement of respiratory muscles. Bedside ultrasonography of the diaphragm is emerging as a noninvasive bedside tool for diagnosis and followup of diaphragmatic dysfunction due to various causes. Here, we present a case of diaphragmatic dysfunction due to severe hypokalemia. The patient presented with acute onset quadriparesis that rapidly improved with correction of hypokalemia. The clinical and laboratory parameters correlated well with the findings of diaphragm ultrasound, both initially and after correction of hypokalemia.
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spelling pubmed-56848152017-11-28 Ultrasound of the diaphragm in severe hypokalemia induced diaphragmatic dysfunction Shrestha, Gentle Sunder Rajbhandari, Shayuja Lung India Case Report Severe hypokalemia presents with significant muscle weakness and involvement of respiratory muscles. Bedside ultrasonography of the diaphragm is emerging as a noninvasive bedside tool for diagnosis and followup of diaphragmatic dysfunction due to various causes. Here, we present a case of diaphragmatic dysfunction due to severe hypokalemia. The patient presented with acute onset quadriparesis that rapidly improved with correction of hypokalemia. The clinical and laboratory parameters correlated well with the findings of diaphragm ultrasound, both initially and after correction of hypokalemia. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5684815/ /pubmed/29099003 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_4_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Chest Society 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Shrestha, Gentle Sunder
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title Ultrasound of the diaphragm in severe hypokalemia induced diaphragmatic dysfunction
title_full Ultrasound of the diaphragm in severe hypokalemia induced diaphragmatic dysfunction
title_fullStr Ultrasound of the diaphragm in severe hypokalemia induced diaphragmatic dysfunction
title_full_unstemmed Ultrasound of the diaphragm in severe hypokalemia induced diaphragmatic dysfunction
title_short Ultrasound of the diaphragm in severe hypokalemia induced diaphragmatic dysfunction
title_sort ultrasound of the diaphragm in severe hypokalemia induced diaphragmatic dysfunction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5684815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29099003
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_4_17
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