A case of acute paraplegia that improved with dialysis.
Acute severe hyperkalemia can present as acute paraplegia independent of cardiac effects, even though cardiac muscle is more sensitive to serum potassium changes. We managed a patient with acute hyperkalemic paralysis who did not have threatening cardiac/electrocardiographic manifestations. The limb weakness became normal after hemodialysis.
Rajendiran
Govarthanan
G
Intensive Care Unit, Apollo First Med Hospitals, Chennai, India. govdocus@gmail.com
Jayabalan
Rajamahesh
R
Chandrahasan
Saravanan
S
Mani
Ashwin Kumar
AK