Population
17 male patients, mostly Asians, admitted with a diagnosis of hypokalemic periodic paralysis
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Suggests oral potassium may suffice for acute management; case series leaves open need for controlled trials before practice change.
Oral potassium supplementation and monitoring is effective for managing hypokalemic periodic paralysis, which should be suspected in Asian males presenting with flaccid paralysis.
Alkaabi et al. (2009) studied this question.
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