title: Hypokalemic familial periodic paralysis: a case report.
abstract: The perioperative management of patients with hypokalemic familial periodic paralysis is well known and has been described previously. This disease does not preclude surgery as long as the surgical team is aware of the diagnosis preoperatively. We describe herein a patient with familial periodic paralysis diagnosed the first time 1 day after undergoing surgery.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*