Hypokalemic paralysis and acid-base balance


Submitted: 17 February 2013
Accepted: 17 February 2013
Published: 20 October 2006
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Three cases of hypokalemic paralysis are reported, presenting to the Emergency Department. The first is a patient with a hypokalemic periodic paralysis with a normal acid-base status, the second is a case of hypokalemic flaccid paralysis of all extremities with a normal anion gap metabolic acidosis, the last is a patient with a hypokalemic distal paralysis of right upper arm with metabolic alkalosis. Afterwards some pathophysiologic principles and the clinical aspects of hypokalemia are discussed and an appropriate approach to do in Emergency Department, to identify the hypokalemic paralysis etiologies in the Emergency Department, is presented, beginning from the evaluation of acid-base status.

Casagranda, I., Boverio, R., Defrancisci, A., Ferrillo, S., & Gargiulo, F. (2006). Hypokalemic paralysis and acid-base balance. Emergency Care Journal, 2(5), 17–24. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2006.5.17

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