Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis | Zendy

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Hyperkalemic Recurrent Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness in a Patient on Hemodialysis

Author(s) -

Getaw Worku Hassen,

Suzanne Newstead,

Lorraine Giordano

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in emergency medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-648X

pISSN - 2090-6498

DOI - 10.1155/2012/243501

Subject(s) - medicine , hyperkalemia , hemodialysis , weakness , paralysis , muscle weakness , electrolyte disorder , surgery , hyponatremia

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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