The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Hypertension in Patients With Cushing's Syndrome [PDF]
, 2019 When hypertension, a pathology that is frequently found in the general population, presents in a young patient, secondary causes such as Cushing's syndrome (CS), a rare disease characterized by long-term elevated cortisol levels, should be considered ...
Barbot, Mattia +2 more
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Rhabdomyolysis in an HIV cohort: epidemiology, causes and outcomes. [PDF]
, 2017 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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Atrial Fibrillation in Eight New World Camelids. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundThere is limited information on the incidence of clinical signs, concurrent illness and treatment options for atrial fibrillation (AF) in New World Camelids (NWC).ObjectiveDescribe clinical signs and outcome of AF in NWC.AnimalsEight New World ...
Bozorgmanesh, R +5 more
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Precision medicine and artificial intelligence : a pilot study on deep learning for hypoglycemic events detection based on ECG [PDF]
, 2020 Tracking the fluctuations in blood glucose levels is important for healthy subjects and crucial diabetic patients. Tight glucose monitoring reduces the risk of hypoglycemia, which can result in a series of complications, especially in diabetic patients ...
Pecchia, Leandro +3 more
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Case of chronic indolent pheochromocytoma that caused medically controlled hypertension but treatment-resistant diabetes mellitus [PDF]
, 2017 No abstract ...
Cho, Eun Joo +4 more
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Assessment of hypokalemia and clinical prognosis in Patients with COVID-19 in Yangzhou, China.
PLoS ONE, 2022 BackgroundHypokalemia is a frequent electrolyte imbalance in patients with COVID-19. The aim of this study was to estimate the association between hypokalemia and clinical prognosis in patients with moderate COVID-19.MethodsA single-center, retrospective,
Jiangtao Yin +11 more
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Stroke Mimic: A Case of Unilateral Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis [PDF]
, 2020 Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (THPP) is a condition that results in transient skeletal muscle paralysis secondary to intracellular potassium sequestration.
Lajeunesse, Michael, Young, Scott
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Sodium leak through K2P potassium channels and cardiac arrhythmia, an emerging theme. [PDF]
, 2017 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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Prevalence and Management of Hypokalemia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in Qatar
International Journal of Nephrology, 2019 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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Potassium wasting nephropathy in the setting of tizanidine overdose: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background Hypokalemia has been rarely attributed to tizanidine, although the precise mechanism is unclear. Severe hypokalemia is a well-established cause of abnormalities involving cardiac conduction. Given this agent’s well-known cardiac arrhythmogenic
Michael J. Brucculeri, Juan Garcia
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