Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor induced hyperkalaemic paralysis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 904, 2001, Pages 114-115

  Dutta, D ^a   Fischler, M ^a   McClung, A ^a  

^a Kidderminster General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Hyperkalaemia; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CREATININE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTES; ENALAPRIL; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; PARALYSIS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0035143157     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.904.114     Document Type: Article

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