[Anesthetic treatment of periodic familial hypokalemic paralysis. Report of a case].
Periodic familiar hypopotassemic paralysis (PFHP) is a rare dominant autosomally transmitted genetic disease characterized by intermittent attacks of muscle weakness. A patient with PFHP was successfully given general anesthesia for 2 operations using atracurium as the muscle relaxant. For a third operation he was given a paravertebral block.
Martínez de Guereñu
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Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Residencia General, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid.
Molins-Gauna
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Peña-García
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Rubial-Alvarez
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Ibáñez-Agüir
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Madrid-Arias
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JL
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic / Q000150:complications*
Tratamiento anestésico de la parálisis periódica familiar hipopotasémica. A propósito de un caso.