Article
Hypokalaemia and paralysis.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians - 1 Mar 2001
Lin S H, Lin Y F, Halperin M L
Abstract excerpt
It is not uncommon for patients to present to the emergency room with severe weakness and a markedly low plasma potassium concentration. We attempted to identify useful clues to the diagnosis of hypokalaemic periodic paralysis (HPP), because its acute treatment aims are unique. We retrospectively reviewed charts over a 10-year period: HPP was the initial diagnosis in 97 patients. Mean patient age was 29+/-1.1 and...
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