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Tigecycline combination therapy for fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection: an Australian experience

open access: yesInternal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Recent European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection and Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) management guidelines endorse the addition of intravenous tigecycline in patients who are progressing to fulminant infection.
Emma Bishop   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Diagnosis for Chronic Hypokalaemia.

open access: yes, 2018
Doctors will often see patients with chronic hypokalaemia, frequently this is secondary to gastrointestinal losses, diuretics or renal disease. However, in this case report we review a rarer cause of chronic hypokalaemia-Gitelman syndrome (GS).GS is an ...
Stimson, Laura, Reynolds, Tim
core   +1 more source

Potassium pause: a case of cardiac arrest unmasking distal renal tubular acidosis

open access: yesJournal of Rare Diseases
Background Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is an uncommon renal tubular disorder marked by impaired distal nephron acid excretion, resulting in hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, persistent alkaline urine, and significant potassium loss ...
Pankaj Singhania   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primary aldosteronism in hypertensive patients with obstructive sleep apnea

open access: yesBlood Pressure
Objective To investigate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of primary aldosteronism (PA) in patients with hypertension and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in a newly established cohort, given inconsistencies in previous studies and intolerance ...
Zhe Hu, Xin Chen
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical use of sodium bicarbonate in small animals: indications, electrolyte changes and survival outcome

open access: yesJournal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Objectives The objective of the study was to describe the use of sodium bicarbonate in dogs and cats. Materials and Methods Retrospective descriptive study of animals administered sodium bicarbonate from 2019 to 2023 in a university teaching hospital.
L. Hoover, M. A. Oyama, E. L. Reineke
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic hypokalaemia in a hypertensive patient

open access: yes, 2012
Hypokalaemia in hypertensive patients is a 'red flag' bringing to mind various classic secondary and genetic causes related to both hypokalaemia and hypertension.
Elitok, S., Luft, F.C.
core   +1 more source

Potassium – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023

open access: yesFood & Nutrition Research
Potassium (K) is an essential mineral that is necessary for normal cell and membrane function and for maintaining both fluid balance and acid-base balance.
Ulla Toft, Nanna Louise Riis, Antti Jula
doaj   +1 more source

Tetraparesis with Major Hypokalaemia and Rhabdomyolysis Induced by Chronic Liquorice Ingestion

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Chronic ingestion of liquorice induces a syndrome with findings similar to those for primary hyperaldosteronism. This is characterized by hypokalaemia, hypertension, metabolic alkalosis and suppression of the renin-aldosterone system.
Hassene Attout   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The interplay between dynamic regulation of ion‐channel gating and trafficking in cardiac arrhythmogenesis

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Cardiac cellular electrophysiology is modulated by multiple factors, including temperature, extracellular K+, heart rate/pacing frequency, and drugs. These modulators can have distinct effects on ion‐channel gating and transcription/trafficking over time.
Stefan Meier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypokalaemic Periodic Paralysis– A Prospective Study of the Underlying Etiologies [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Background: Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis (HPP) is a rare muscular disorder characterised by episodic weakness associated with hypokalaemia. The disease can either be inherited or acquired and misdiagnosis of the disease is quite common.
Surya Narayana Jandhyala   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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