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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 419 |
Dengue infection and acute hypokalemic quadriparesis
B Joob1, V Wiwanitkit2
1 Department of Sanitary, Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Hainan Medical University, China
| Date of Web Publication | 5-Nov-2014 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. B Joob
Department of Sanitary, Medical Academic Center, Bangkok
Thailand
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DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.143996
How to cite this article:
Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Dengue infection and acute hypokalemic quadriparesis. J Postgrad Med 2014;60:419 |
Sir,
The case report on "Dengue infection and acute hypokalemic quadriparesis" is very interesting. [1] This condition is a rare dengue presentation and sporadically reported. [1],[2],[3],[4] However, it should be noted that there are several possible causes of acute hypokalemic quadriparesis and it could simply be a co-morbidity associated with dengue. In this particular case, the over the counter use of acetaminophen and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs is a confounder as these drugs can lead to renal dysfunction and consequent hypokalemic quadriparesis. [5]
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| 2. | Gutch M, Agarwal A, Amar A. Hypokalemic quadriparesis: An unusual manifestation of dengue fever. J Nat Sci Biol Med 2012;3:81-3. |
| 3. | Gupta DK, Vaish AK, Arya RK, Chaudhary SC. Hypokalaemic quadriparesis: An unusual manifestation of dengue fever. BMJ Case Rep 2011;2011. pii: bcr1220103673. |
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