Submitted by deb on Wed, 07/20/2011 – 19:51 Communication is key: Stephen Wilkins, MPH, writes of improving practice management through improved patient/physician communication and its impact on care, in Mind the Gap. Practical aspects in the management of hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Author: Jacob O Levitt MD; Management considerations in hypokalemic periodic paralysis include accurate diagnosis, potassium dosage for acute attacks,…
Submitted by deb on Tue, 06/28/2011 – 21:14 Clinical Signs Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis is a genetically determined disorder which causes attacks of weakness and flaccid paralysis. Attacks last from 10 min to 1 hour, very rarely up to 1-2 days. Some patients experience only a few attacks over their lifetime, others have attacks every day. Diagnosis is…
Submitted by deb on Sat, 07/25/2015 – 18:54 The antibiotic Bactrim is well-known to produce muscle weakness, even paralysis in patients with Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis. It is contraindicated in patients with Anderson-Tawil Syndrome because of its propensity to produce cardiac arrhythmia, but many clinicians do not realize that it also produces hyperkalemia in a majority of patients…
Submitted by deb on Tue, 04/12/2016 – 22:54 Adverse reactions to anaesthesia, including life-threatening events, are a serious concern for patients with Periodic Paralysis Disorders. Many of our patients report serious events associated with anesthesia and side effects which may linger for days to months. There is rarely time for a surgical team to comb through journals…
Submitted by deb on Tue, 07/03/2012 – 18:45 Measuring quality of life impairment in skeletal muscle channelopathies. Eur J Neurol. 2012 May 19. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03751.x. [Epub ahead of print] Sansone VA, Ricci C, Montanari M, Apolone G, Rose M, Meola G; INQoL Group. SourceDepartment of Neurology, University of Milan, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy. Abstract Link to…
Annabelle SJ Baughan [1] MB FRCP FRCPath,Deborah Cavel-Greant [1],Janice Megalo [1] AAS-MAA, andFrank Weber [2] MD PhD.[1] Periodic Paralysis International (www.hkpp.org)[2] Colonel, Medical Service (Neurology), German Air Force. Military Hospital (Bundeswehrkrankenhaus), 89081 Ulm, & German Air Force Center of Aerospace Medicine, D-82256 Fürstenfelbruck. Medical Adviser, Periodic Paralysis Association;Corresponding author: ASJ Baughan@gmail.com With grateful acknowledgement to…
Annabelle SJ Baughan [1] MB FRCP FRCPath,Deborah Cavel-Greant [1],Janice Megalo [1] AAS-MAA, andFrank Weber [2] MD PhD.[1] Periodic Paralysis International (www.hkpp.org)[2] Colonel, Medical Service (Neurology), German Air Force. Military Hospital (Bundeswehrkrankenhaus), 89081 Ulm, & German Air Force Center of Aerospace Medicine, D-82256 Fürstenfelbruck. Medical Adviser, Periodic Paralysis Association;Corresponding author: ASJ Baughan@gmail.com With grateful acknowledgement to…