title: Hyperkalaemic paralysis--a bizarre presentation of renal failure.
abstract: Paralysis due to hyperkalaemia is rare and the diagnosis may be overlooked in the first instance. However it is rapidly reversible and so long as electro-cardiography and serum potassium measurement are urgently done in all patients presenting with paralysis, it will not be missed. A case of hyperkalaemic paralysis is described and a review of the emergency management discussed.
authors.affiliation: Poole Hospital, Dorset.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Cumberbatch
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hampton
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*