title: Lower Extremity Paralysis.
abstract: Severe hypokalemia in the absence of other electrolyte abnormalities, the result of diarrhea, caused striking electrocardiographic changes, generalized weakness, flaccid paralysis of the lower extremities, and biochemical evidence of mild skeletal and cardiac rhabdomyolysis in a 33-year-old man. Repletion of potassium reversed all abnormalities in 24 hours.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: dglanc@lsuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: D Luke
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Glancy
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Pramilla N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Electrophysiology Section, Cardiology Department, University of California Los Angeles/Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D035002:Lower Extremity; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*; D014891:Weight Lifting
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium