Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis

Hyperkalemia is a severe life-threatening electrolyte disorder that commonly affects the cardiac conductivity and contractility. Ascending paralysis affecting the extremities with focal neurological deficit as well as quadriparesis and a seizure associated with hyperkalemia has been reported in the...

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Main Authors: Getaw Worku Hassen, Suzanne Newstead, Lorraine Maria Giordano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/243501