title: [Hypokalemic states in clinical practice. A case of severe hypokalemia combined with flaccid quadriplegia].
abstract: The biochemical data relating to the physiological distribution of potassium and its regulating factors in the normal human body are explained. Reference is then made to the clinical symptoms and aetiopathogenesis of hypokalaemia. A serious case coupled with flaccid quadriplegia in a 34-yr-old male is presented. Stress is laid on the usefulness of correct investigation of the history, and the fundamental resort to complete electrolytic screening in patients presenting with polyuria, polydipsia, arrhythmia and flaccid quadriplegia.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium
vernacular_title: Gli stti ipokaliemici in clinica. Presentazione di un caso di grave ipokaliemia con tetraparesi flaccida.