Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 IntroductionPheochromocytoma is a catecholamine-producing tumor in the adrenal medulla and is often accompanied by hypertension, hyperglycemia, hypermetabolism, headache, and hyperhidrosis, and it is classified as benign and malignant pheochromocytoma ...
Hideaki Kaneto +9 more
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Optic nerve sheath diameter ultrasound evaluation in intensive care unit. possible role and clinical aspects in neurological critical patients' daily monitoring [PDF]
, 2017 Background. The increase of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) is a reliable, noninvasive sonographic marker of intracranial hypertension. Aim of the study was to demonstrate the efficacy of ONSD evaluation, when monitoring neurocritical patients, to
DI PIERO, Vittorio +6 more
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The origin of clinical organ transplantation revisited [PDF]
, 2009 A patient whose illness had begun with edema and hypertension was found to have extreme atrophy of both kidneys. Because of the steady worsening of the condition and the appearance of uremia with other unfavorable diagnostic signs, transplantation of 1 ...
Barker, C, Starzl, TE
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Indwelling Pleural Catheters in Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Single-Center Series of Outcomes and Complications [PDF]
, 2018 Background Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax (HH) generally involves sodium restriction, diuretics, and serial thoracentesis. In more advanced cases, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and liver transplantation may be required.
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Malignant Hypertension: Ocular Manifestations
The Scientific World Journal, 2006 Malignant hypertension may be the first manifestation of systemic hypertension. We report a clinical case of a Caucasian 41-year-old man with no previous history of blood hypertension seen at casualty because of blurred vision.
Silvia Muñoz +2 more
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Malignant hypertension secondary to renin-producing hepatoblastoma
Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 2020 Clinical presentation of hepatoblastoma is often insidious and its paraneoplastic manifestations are not uncommon. We report an extremely rare case of a renin-secreting hepatoblastoma inducing malignant hypertension remarked in our clinic.
Doinita Sfrijan +3 more
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The effects of acute administration of losartan, angiotensin II type-1 receptor antagonist, on hemodynamics and oxidative stress parameters in malignant hypertensive rats [PDF]
Veterinarski Glasnik, 2015 Malignant hypertension is a severe form of hypertension which pathogenesis is not fully elucidated. The aim of our study was to investigate the role of Angiotensin II on hemodynamic and oxidative stress parameters in model of malignant ...
Bogunović Natalija +7 more
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An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Ascites. [PDF]
, 2018 Abdominal ascites is most commonly caused by portal hypertension from liver cirrhosis. When present, portal hypertension is associated with an elevated serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) ≥1.1 g/dL. In contrast, a SAAG < 1.1 g/dL suggests malignancy,
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Long-term renal outcome in patients with malignant hypertension: a retrospective cohort study
BMC Nephrology, 2012 Background Malignant hypertension is frequently complicated by renal insufficiency. Although the survival of this hypertensive emergency has improved, recent data on renal outcome and its predictors are lacking.
Amraoui Fouad +3 more
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Pheochromocytoma – clinical manifestations, diagnosis and current perioperative management [PDF]
, 2019 Pheochromocytoma is a neuroendocrine tumor characterized by the excessive production of catecholamines (epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine). The diagnosis is suspected due to hypertensive paroxysms, associated with vegetative phenomena, due to the
Bratu, Ovidiu G +6 more
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