Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis

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
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spelling doaj-badcd031a46d4fc4af2fe69a791cb6d02020-11-24T23:49:55ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Emergency Medicine2090-648X2090-64982012-01-01201210.1155/2012/243501243501Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on HemodialysisGetaw Worku Hassen0Suzanne Newstead1Lorraine Maria Giordano2Department of Emergency Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, NYMC, 1901 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USADepartment of Emergency Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, NYMC, 1901 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USADepartment of Emergency Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, NYMC, 1901 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USAHyperkalemia 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 literature. Here, we describe a case of isolated recurrent lower extremity paralysis and an episode of seizure in an 83-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/243501
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author Getaw Worku Hassen
Suzanne Newstead
Lorraine Maria Giordano
spellingShingle Getaw Worku Hassen
Suzanne Newstead
Lorraine Maria Giordano
Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
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Suzanne Newstead
Lorraine Maria Giordano
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title Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis
title_short Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis
title_full Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis
title_fullStr Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis
title_full_unstemmed Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis
title_sort hyperkalemic recurrent bilateral lower extremity weakness in a patient on hemodialysis
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
issn 2090-648X
2090-6498
publishDate 2012-01-01
description 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 literature. Here, we describe a case of isolated recurrent lower extremity paralysis and an episode of seizure in an 83-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis.
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