{"title":"Flaccid paralysis revealing hyperkalaemia in emergency service in Gabon: A case report and literature review","authors":"Edjo Nkilly Ghislain","doi":"10.52768/2379-1039/2017","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Hyperkalaemia is a lethal emergency, which can lead to death by the toxic effect of potassium on myocardial cells. Usual presentation is dominated by cardiac arrhythmias. Flaccid paralysis is a rare presentation of hyperkalaemia","PeriodicalId":294824,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2379-1039/2017","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Hyperkalaemia is a lethal emergency, which can lead to death by the toxic effect of potassium on myocardial cells. Usual presentation is dominated by cardiac arrhythmias. Flaccid paralysis is a rare presentation of hyperkalaemia