Bartter Type 4a Syndrome Diagnosed in a 30-week-old Preterm Neonate
Bartter syndrome is an uncommon autosomal recessive, salt-losing renal tubular disease. Its defining features are numerous electrolyte abnormalities, including low potassium and chloride levels, metabolic alkalosis, and low or normal blood pressure.
Çağrı Cumhur Gök +4 more
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Serious acid-base disorder or life-threatening arrhythmia in patients with ABO-incompatible liver transplantation who received therapeutic plasma exchange - A report of two cases - [PDF]
Background Excessive citrate load during therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) can cause metabolic alkalosis with compensatory hypercarbia and electrolyte disturbances.
Sangho Lee +3 more
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Metabolic alkalosis: pathogenesis and physiopathology
Metabolic alkalosis is an acid-base disorder frequently encountered in hospitalised patients, particularly those in critical conditions and is not infrequently complicated by mixed acid-base disorders. This disorder can have serious clinical consequences,
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A mosaic mutation in the CLCNKB gene causing Bartter syndrome: A case report
BackgroundType III Bartter syndrome (BS) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the CLCNKB (chloride voltage-gated channel Kb) gene that encodes CLC-Kb.
Lan Zhou +7 more
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Inspiratory muscle training reduces blood lactate concentration during volitional hyperpnoea [PDF]
Although reduced blood lactate concentrations ([lac−]B) have been observed during whole-body exercise following inspiratory muscle training (IMT), it remains unknown whether the inspiratory muscles are the source of at least part of this reduction.
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Severe Hypokalaemia, Hypertension, and Intestinal Perforation in Ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Syndrome [PDF]
Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome is a rare cause of the Cushing’s syndrome. The occurrence of the ectopic ACTH syndrome presenting with severe hypokalaemia, metabolic alkalosis, and hypertension has been highlighted in case reports ...
Tezcan Kaya +4 more
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Hypokalaemia is a common clinical disorder, the cause of which can usually be determined by the patient's clinical history. Gitelman syndrome is an inherited tubulopathy that must be considered in some settings of hypokalaemia.
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Severe Milk-Alkali Syndrome in a Patient with Hypoparathyroidism Associated with 1,25(OH)2D, Hydrochlorothiazide and Anthranoid Laxative Consumption [PDF]
Background: Milk-alkali syndrome is a life-threatening condition defined by the triad of hypercalcaemia, metabolic alkalosis and acute renal failure, and is associated with consumption of calcium and absorbable alkali.
Battaglino, Giuseppe +6 more
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The ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome is an uncommon cause of hypercortisolism, which should be considered in patients with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and hypertension in the context of lung neoplasm.
Mansoor C Abdulla, Jemshad Alungal
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Liddle’s syndrome is a rare cause of secondary hypertension (HTN). Basic characteristics of this disease are HTN, reduced concentration of aldosterone and renin activity, as well as increased excretion of potassium, leading to hypokalemia and metabolic ...
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