ALLMedicine™ Alkalosis Center

Sep 15th, 2021 - Non-bilious vomiting in preterm neonates discharged from neonatal intensive care units is a common complaint and is often associated with benign conditions such as gastro-oesophageal reflux. A neonate of 27 weeks gestation who presented later with...

Sep 3rd, 2021 - The present study investigated individualized sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3-) supplementation in elite orienteers and its effects on alkalosis and performance in a simulated sprint orienteering competition. Twenty-one Danish male and female elite ori...

Aug 28th, 2021 - A 68-year-old woman presented with right arm cellulitis, not responsive to oral antibiotics. Intravenous antibiotics were commenced, and an ultrasound scan confirmed a collection that was surgically drained. She developed refractory hypokalaemia w...

Aug 15th, 2021 - Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BVT) is a rare arrhythmia that is generally observed in patients with catecholaminergic ventricular tachycardia or digoxin overdose. Herein, we present a case of BVT and electrical storm (ES) in an acute isch...

Aug 6th, 2021 - Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive tubulopathy caused by mutations of the SLC12A3 gene. It is characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria. It is universally known that both hypokalemia and hypom...

Jan 30th, 2021 - Bartter syndrome is a rare inherited salt-losing renal tubular disorder characterized by secondary hyperaldosteronism with hypokalemic and hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis and low to normal blood pressure. The primary pathogenic mechanism is defe...

Oct 27th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large randomized controlled trial supports the use of regional citrate over heparin anticoagulation to help prevent blood clot formation at the filter in patients receiving continuous dialysis therapies. Dialysis filt...

May 1st, 2019 - A 72-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with progressive nausea and vomiting. One week earlier, she developed early satiety and nausea with vomiting after eating solid food.

Jun 28th, 2018 - (Reuters) - A federal jury in Colorado has awarded $383.5 million to the families of three patients who said they suffered cardiac arrests and died soon after receiving dialysis treatments at clinics run by DaVita Inc. FILE PHOTO: The outdoor sign...

Apr 23rd, 2018 - Typically, patients present a few days after the onset of a viral respiratory illness, following exposure to a potent allergen or irritant, or after exercise in a cold environment. Frequently, patients have underused or have been underprescribed a...

Apr 23rd, 2018 - Status asthmaticus is an acute exacerbation of asthma that remains unresponsive to initial treatment with bronchodilators. Status asthmaticus can vary from a mild form to a severe form with bronchospasm, airway inflammation, and mucus plugging tha...