Acute transient spinal paralysis and cardiac symptoms following an accidental epidural potassium infusion – a case report

Table 1 The different symptoms found after epidural potassium infusion in the literature are shown (+ meaning the presence of the symptom)

	Hypertension	Tachycardia	Paresis	Paresthesia	Agitation	Sweating	Perianal itching	Dizziness	Respiratory depression	Leg pain	Spasticity
Kulka [8]	+	+	+	+			+			+
Litz 1 [17]	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Litz 2 [17]	+	+	+	+	+	+				+
Parodi [11]	+	+	+							+
Tessler [14]	+	+	+					+	+
Van der Steeg [15]				+
Peduto [12]	+	+				+				+	+
Dias [6]	+	+	+	+	+	+			+	+
Lin [9]	+	+	+	+	+	+				+	+
Shanker [13]			+	+	+				+	+	+
Our case	+	+	+	+	+		+		+	+

ISSN: 1471-2253