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Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor induced hyperkalaemic paralysis
D Dutta1, M Fischler, A McClung
1Department of Medicine, Kidderminster General Hospital, Bewdley Road, Kidderminster DY11 6RJ, UK.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|February 13, 2001
Abstract:
Secondary hyperkalaemic paralysis is a rare condition often mimicking the Guillain-Barré syndrome. There have been a few case reports of hyperkalaemia caused by renal failure, trauma, and drugs where the presentation has been with muscle weakness. A case of hyperkalaemic paralysis caused by an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor is reported.