Background This real‐world evidence study compared risks of cardiovascular events in hospital settings among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with and without hyperkalemia.
Abiy Agiro+9 more
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Persistent Severe Hyperkalemia in a Patient with Normal Renal Function [PDF]
Case Report A 75-year-old female with a past medical history significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and colon cancer, status post colectomy with ileostomy, presented to the Methodist Hospital emergency room with muscular low back pain, which ...
Tobin, MD, Michael L.
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Rationale & Objective: Hyperkalemia is a common electrolyte abnormality of chronic kidney disease and heart failure associated with increased mortality and morbidity. We aimed to assess the long-term economic burden of hyperkalemia.
Eiichiro Kanda+4 more
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Induction chemotherapy followed by neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery in locally advanced rectal cancer: preliminary results of a phase II study [PDF]
PURPOSE: To report preliminary results of induction chemotherapy (IC) followed by neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and surgery in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) patients.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is the preliminary evaluation of a phase II ...
Benevento, Ilaria+12 more
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Adrenal insufficiency due to bilateral adrenal metastases - A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Objective: Bilateral adrenal metastases may cause adrenal insufficiency (AI) but it is unclear if screening for AI in patients with bilateral adrenal metastases is justified, despite the potential for adrenal crises. Method: A search using PubMed/Medline,
Falhammar, Henrik+3 more
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Improvement of surface ECG recording in adult zebrafish reveals that the value of this model exceeds our expectation [PDF]
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Cheng, SH+4 more
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Risk of hyperkalemia in patients with moderate chronic kidney disease initiating angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers : a randomized study [PDF]
Background: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers are renoprotective but both may increase serum potassium concentrations in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
A Mimran+52 more
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Polymorphisms in the WNK1 gene are asociated with blood pressure variation and urinary potassium excretion [PDF]
WNK1 - a serine/threonine kinase involved in electrolyte homeostasis and blood pressure (BP) control - is an excellent candidate gene for essential hypertension (EH). We and others have previously reported association between WNK1 and BP variation. Using
Brown, M+34 more
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SPX-101 is stable in and retains function after exposure to cystic fibrosis sputum [PDF]
Background: In healthy lungs, epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is regulated by short, palate, lung, and nasal clone 1 (SPLUNC1). In cystic fibrosis (CF), ENaC is hyperactivated in part due to a loss of SPLUNC1 function.
Scott, David W.+3 more
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Severe Acute Hyperkalemia during Pre-Anhepatic Stage in Cadaveric Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
A serious hazard to patients during orthotopic liver transplantation is hyperkalemia. Although the most frequent and hazardous hyperkalemia occurs immediately after reperfusion of the newly transplanted liver, morbid hyperkalemia could happen in the ...
Mohammad Ali Sahmeddini+1 more
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