title: [Periodic paresis due to hypokalaemia (author's transl)].
abstract: A case of periodic paralysis is reported that had to be treated by mechanical ventilation. Symptoms and course of this attack are demonstrated and it is shown how diagnosis was reached. Provocative factors of periodic hypokaliemic paralysis are discussed and their importance in anaesthesia is emphasised.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010507:Periodicity; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Periodische hypokaliämische Lähmung.