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Introduction: Hypokalemia, including normal range values
Simon J. Davies +16 more
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Hypertension in mice lacking 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 [PDF]
Deficiency of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2) in humans leads to the syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess (SAME), in which cortisol illicitly occupies mineralocorticoid receptors, causing sodium retention, hypokalemia, and ...
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Hypokalemic paralysis associated with cystic disease of the kidney: case report
Background Severe hypokalemia is known to cause muscle paralysis, and renal tubular acidosis is a recognized cause. Cystic disease of the kidney is associated with severe hypokalemia.
Jayasinghe Saroj +3 more
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Aim Yokukansan is a Japanese herbal medicine used in psychiatry to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and other psychiatric symptoms.
Kazuya Yasuda +3 more
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Methadone and Corrected QT Prolongation in Pain and Palliative Care Patients: A Case–Control Study [PDF]
Background: Methadone (ME) is commonly used in pain and palliative care (PPC) patients with refractory pain or intolerable opioid adverse effects (AEs).
Brown, Jack +3 more
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Hypokalemia is a relatively common electrolyte disorder usually resulting from gastrointestinal wasting. Transient hyperkalemia in those treated for hypokalemia has been previously described to occur in 16% of hospitalized patients. The majority of those
Matthew C. Breeggemann, Stephen L. Gluck
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Rhabdomyolysis in an HIV cohort: epidemiology, causes and outcomes. [PDF]
BackgroundThe Literature on rhabdomyolysis in the HIV-positive population is sparse and limited. We aimed to explore the incidence, patient characteristics, etiologies and outcomes of rhabdomyolysis in a cohort of HIV-positive patients identified through
Atta, Mohamed G +6 more
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Sodium leak through K2P potassium channels and cardiac arrhythmia, an emerging theme. [PDF]
In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, Decher et al (2017) identify a point mutation in the K2P2 (TREK‐1) potassium (K+) channel that changes function in just those ways expected to predispose to right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) ventricular
Goldstein, Steve An
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Case of severe hypertension and nephrotic range proteinuria [PDF]
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Bursztyn, Michael +4 more
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Prevalence and Management of Hypokalemia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in Qatar
Introduction. Hypokalemia is common in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). It is associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Treatment usually includes oral potassium supplements, which are poorly tolerated. Our aim was to
Abdullah Hamad +6 more
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