title: Anaesthetic management of labour and caesarean delivery of a patient with hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis.
abstract: We describe a parturient with hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis who presented for induction of labour and subsequently, caesarean section. Epidural analgesia and anaesthesia were used successfully in a multidisciplinary plan aimed at avoiding a peripartum attack and providing safe delivery. Management of this rare condition is discussed along with a review of the available literature.
authors.affiliation: Magill Department of Anaesthetics, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK. matt.mackenzie@virgin.net
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yentis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000379:methods; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000379:methods; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D020513:Paralysis, Hyperkalemic Periodic / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications