ALLMedicine™ Alkalosis Center

Jan 11th, 2022 - The postoperative delirium picture is a serious and common complication seen after any major surgery, including hepatic resection. Delirium is an acute state of confusion characterized by impaired consciousness, reduced ability to focus on attenti...

Dec 31st, 2021 - Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) during pregnancy is a life-threatening emergency for both the mother and the fetus. The pathophysiology of DKA in pregnancy has its own characteristics due to multiple factors, such as insulin resistance, accelerated st...

Dec 22nd, 2021 - A 34-year-old man visited our Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, because of dry mouth and weight loss. His plasma glucose level was 32.8 mmol/L and serum levels...

Dec 20th, 2021 - Practice Essentials Venous thromboembolism (VTE) encompasses two interrelated conditions that are part of the same spectrum, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) (see the image below). The spectrum of disease ranges from clinical...

Dec 20th, 2021 - Approach Considerations Diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) may include laboratory tests, imaging (eg, chest radiography, computed tomography [CT], angiography, ultrasonography [US], echocardiography, and ventilation-perfusion [V/Q] scanning...

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...

Jan 11th, 2022 - The postoperative delirium picture is a serious and common complication seen after any major surgery, including hepatic resection. Delirium is an acute state of confusion characterized by impaired consciousness, reduced ability to focus on attenti...

Aug 30th, 2021 - Alkalosis may explain multiple complications of HD treatment, most notably hypoxemia. Despite a strong rationale for these mechanisms, current consensus suggests ischaemia as the predominant catalyst for hypoxia with HD. However, few studies have ...

May 25th, 2021 - Nijmegen Questionnaire allows to assess and identify respiratory symptoms and dysfunction, and to assess unexplained respiratory symptoms and symptoms of hyperventilation syndrome. Determining whether Turkish version of Nijmegen Questionnaire is a...

Mar 8th, 2021 - Within four weeks of consent, subjects will have an Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) (Medtronic LINQ) device implanted. Subjects will be given a transmitter/charger and a Patient Care Assistant which they will be required to keep for the duration o...

Feb 19th, 2020 - Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) tended to lead to a sudden increase in intracerebral pressure (ICP), which can cause decreased cerebral perfusion and transient global cerebral ischemia. Early clipping and coiling of aneurysms and surgica...

Apr 9th, 2021 - Metabolic alkalosis, a disorder that causes elevations in serum bicarbonate and arterial pH, is a common metabolic abnormality found in nearly half of hospitalized patients but is rare in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysi.

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 24th, 2019 - Once a TCA overdose is suspected (or confirmed), treatment should begin immediately. Supportive care, such as ensuring a protected airway, administration of IV fluids, and prevention of vomiting, should begin promptly for all patients. If no contr...

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...