Acute quadriplegia from hyperkalemia: A case report and literature review

Neurologist

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 390-393

  Panichpisal, Kessarin ^a   Gandhi, Shefali ^a   Nugent, Kenneth ^b   Anziska, Yaacov ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Hyperkalemia; paralysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACETATE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; IBUPROFEN; INSULIN; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; POTASSIUM; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; QUADRIPLEGIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650834128     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181b120b8     Document Type: Article

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