Shrestha Gentle Sunder, Rajbhandari Shayuja
Department of Anaesthesiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alka Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Lalitpur, Nepal.
Lung India. 2017 Nov-Dec;34(6):552-554. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_4_17.
Severe hypokalemia presents with significant muscle weakness and involvement of respiratory muscles. Bedside ultrasonography of the diaphragm is emerging as a noninvasive bedside tool for diagnosis and followup of diaphragmatic dysfunction due to various causes. Here, we present a case of diaphragmatic dysfunction due to severe hypokalemia. The patient presented with acute onset quadriparesis that rapidly improved with correction of hypokalemia. The clinical and laboratory parameters correlated well with the findings of diaphragm ultrasound, both initially and after correction of hypokalemia.
严重低钾血症表现为明显的肌肉无力并累及呼吸肌。床边膈肌超声正逐渐成为一种用于诊断和随访各种原因所致膈肌功能障碍的无创床边工具。在此,我们报告一例因严重低钾血症导致膈肌功能障碍的病例。该患者表现为急性起病的四肢瘫,低钾血症纠正后迅速好转。临床和实验室参数在最初及低钾血症纠正后均与膈肌超声检查结果密切相关。