VOLUME 12 , ISSUE 1 ( March, 2008 ) > List of Articles
Govarthanan Rajendiran, Rajamahesh Jayabalan, Saravanan Chandrahasan, Ashwin Kumar Mani
Keywords : Acute paraplegia, hemodialysis, hyperkalemia
Citation Information : Rajendiran G, Jayabalan R, Chandrahasan S, Mani AK. A case of acute paraplegia that improved with dialysis. Indian J Crit Care Med 2008; 12 (1):39-41.
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.40950
License: CC BY-ND 3.0
Published Online: 01-07-2011
Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2008; The Author(s).
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.