SUSPECT HYPOKALEMIC MYOPATHY IN A DOG

Authors
HARRINGTON ML BAGLEY RS BRAUND KG
Citation
Ml. Harrington et al., SUSPECT HYPOKALEMIC MYOPATHY IN A DOG, Progress in veterinary neurology, 7(4), 1996, pp. 130-132
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Progress in veterinary neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
1061575X
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
130 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
1061-575X(1996)7:4<130:SHMIAD>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Severe hypokalemia and generalized flaccid paralysis developed in a 6- year-old dog after furosemide administration for suspected congestive heart failure. Muscle biopsies revealed severe myonecrosis and a nerve biopsy was normal. After treatment of the hypokalemia, the dog was cl inically normal within 16 days of complete paralysis, and nerve and mu scle biopsies were normal within 30 days of complete paralysis.