title: ANESTHESIA CHARACTERISTICS OF A PATIENT WITH HYPERKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS--CASE REPORT.
abstract: We report a case of a successfully conducted anesthesia, without complications of a patient with hyperkalemic periodic paralysis who underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for chronic calculous cholecystitis. The perioperative considerations, the characteristics of anesthesia, and the factors that can lead to complications in this rare genetic disorder are discussed.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Atanasova
authors.forename: Sv
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toshev
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sokolov
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020513:Paralysis, Hyperkalemic Periodic / Q000150:complications*; D059035:Perioperative Period