Noninvasive ventilator prevents intubation in thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis-associated respiratory failure: A case report and literature review

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a rare complication of hyperthyroidism, often presents with limb muscle paralysis, hypokalemia with elevated-free T3, T4, and low thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). We herein reported an unusual presentation of TPP with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure. A...

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Autores principales: Hung, Shu-Ya, Liu, Wen-Jing, Wu, Pei-Chan, Yang, Mei-Chen, Wu, Yao-Kuang, Lan, Chou-Chin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7821826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33505885
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_248_19

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