[Report on familial paroxysmal hypokalaemic paralysis in relation to postoperative intensive care (author's transl)].

A case is reported of familial paroxysmal hypokalaemic paralysis, which postoperatively was complicated by a disturbance of carbohydrate metabolism. Paralysis commenced in a state of postoperative hypokalaemia and persisted afterwards in a state of severe hyperkalaemia. The intensive treatment is presented and the problem of episodic paralysis is widely discussed.