[Anesthetic treatment of periodic familial hypokalemic paralysis. Report of a case]. / Tratamiento anestésico de la parálisis periódica familiar hipopotasémica. A propósito de un caso.

Periodic familiar hypopotassemic paralysis (PFHP) is a rare dominant autosomally transmitted genetic disease characterized by intermittent attacks of muscle weakness. A patient with PFHP was successfully given general anesthesia for 2 operations using atracurium as the muscle relaxant. For a third operation he was given a paravertebral block.