[Hypokalemia-induced paraplegia secondary to acute diarrhea].
Hypokalemia can give a variety of syntomatology but more often courses without it or with inespecific clinical manifestations. In our enviroment the etiology of hypokalemia is wide but one of the most common causes in third world countries are diarrheas. We describe a case of severe hypokalemia due to acute diarrhea which was manifested with severe neurologic symtoms but improves with conventional treatment.
Ortuño Andériz
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F
Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid, C/Martín Lagos, s/n. 28040 Madrid.
Cabello Clotet
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N
de Diego Gamarra
R
R
Salaverría Garzón
I
I
Vázquez Rizaldos
S
S
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*