Severe Life‐Threatening Hypokalemia Primarily Presented With Isolated Paralysis: Case Series From Ethiopia
ABSTRACT Severe hypokalemia can primarily present as a weakness of the limbs, without any other clinical manifestation. A life‐threatening level of decreased serum potassium level can be unusually present with isolated weakness of the limbs and might be misdiagnosed, or the diagnosis may be delayed....
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| author | Getasew Kassaw Alemu Seid Arage Asfaw Lisanne Seifu Asres Beniam Yohannes Kassa |
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| description | ABSTRACT Severe hypokalemia can primarily present as a weakness of the limbs, without any other clinical manifestation. A life‐threatening level of decreased serum potassium level can be unusually present with isolated weakness of the limbs and might be misdiagnosed, or the diagnosis may be delayed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2e1d65b574c346a5bee5292be52bdccf2025-01-24T05:08:46ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042025-01-01131n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.70062Severe Life‐Threatening Hypokalemia Primarily Presented With Isolated Paralysis: Case Series From EthiopiaGetasew Kassaw Alemu0Seid Arage Asfaw1Lisanne Seifu Asres2Beniam Yohannes Kassa3Nephrology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa EthiopiaFetomaternal Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, School of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa EthiopiaNephrology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa EthiopiaNephrology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa EthiopiaABSTRACT Severe hypokalemia can primarily present as a weakness of the limbs, without any other clinical manifestation. A life‐threatening level of decreased serum potassium level can be unusually present with isolated weakness of the limbs and might be misdiagnosed, or the diagnosis may be delayed.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70062hypokalemiahypokalemia‐induced paralysisnonperiodic paralysispregnancy |
| spellingShingle | Getasew Kassaw Alemu Seid Arage Asfaw Lisanne Seifu Asres Beniam Yohannes Kassa Severe Life‐Threatening Hypokalemia Primarily Presented With Isolated Paralysis: Case Series From Ethiopia Clinical Case Reports hypokalemia hypokalemia‐induced paralysis nonperiodic paralysis pregnancy |
| title | Severe Life‐Threatening Hypokalemia Primarily Presented With Isolated Paralysis: Case Series From Ethiopia |
| title_full | Severe Life‐Threatening Hypokalemia Primarily Presented With Isolated Paralysis: Case Series From Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Severe Life‐Threatening Hypokalemia Primarily Presented With Isolated Paralysis: Case Series From Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Severe Life‐Threatening Hypokalemia Primarily Presented With Isolated Paralysis: Case Series From Ethiopia |
| title_short | Severe Life‐Threatening Hypokalemia Primarily Presented With Isolated Paralysis: Case Series From Ethiopia |
| title_sort | severe life threatening hypokalemia primarily presented with isolated paralysis case series from ethiopia |
| topic | hypokalemia hypokalemia‐induced paralysis nonperiodic paralysis pregnancy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70062 |
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