title: Hyperkalemic recurrent bilateral lower extremity weakness in a patient on hemodialysis.
abstract: Hyperkalemia is a severe life-threatening electrolyte disorder that commonly affects the cardiac conductivity and contractility. Ascending paralysis affecting the extremities with focal neurological deficit as well as quadriparesis and a seizure associated with hyperkalemia has been reported in the literature. Here, we describe a case of isolated recurrent lower extremity paralysis and an episode of seizure in an 83-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis.
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, NYMC, 1901 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors: Getaw Worku
authors: GW
authors: Hassen
authors: Suzanne
authors: S
authors: Newstead
authors: Lorraine Maria
authors: LM
authors: Giordano