| Subacute Onset of Abnormal Gait and Head Drop in a 3-Year-Old With History of Extreme Prematurity. | |
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PMID: 21257840 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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A 3-year-old boy who had been a 23-week premature infant had subacute onset of abnormal gait, which progressed to generalized weakness with severe weakness of neck extensors. He had U waves on electrocardiography. His serum potassium was 1.8 mmol/L. The patient had a gastrostomy tube due to chronic feeding issues and was treated with inhaled albuterol for chronic lung disease. When his oral intake regressed, his family administered one of his oral supplements through the gastrostomy tube; the supplement was low in potassium. This feeding regression continued for several months. He had no additional gastrointestinal or renal loss of potassium. He had frequent exacerbations of his bronchopulmonary dysplasia. His history suggested he had chronic potassium depletion and that albuterol may have led to further potassium redistribution, exacerbating his hypokalemia. As more extremely premature infants survive with chronic feeding and respiratory issues, this presentation may become more common. |
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Jared R Brosch; Roma V Sant; Meredith Golomb |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-1-21 |
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Title: Journal of child neurology Volume: - ISSN: 1708-8283 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-1-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8606714 Medline TA: J Child Neurol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology. |
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