Acute muscle weakness owing to severe hypokalaemia resulting from dietary insufficiency: case report.
Acute muscle weakness with severe hypokalaemia is not uncommon in adults but is rare in children. An 11-month-old girl presented with hypokalaemic paralysis following a 1-month insufficiency of dietary potassium.
Soo
Man-Ting
MT
Department of Paediatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Yaumatei, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Fung
Tsui-Hang
TH
Ng
Daniel Kwok-Keung
DK
Chan
Susanne
S
D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications*; D007223:Infant; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011191:Potassium Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D017419:Potassium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage
D017419:Potassium, Dietary