ALLMedicine™ Hypernatremia Center

May 20th, 2022 - The purpose of our study was to investigate the relationship between serum sodium levels and 1-year and 3-year mortality in critically ill patients with comorbid chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using real-world data. The data of this study w...

May 14th, 2022 - Hyponatremia and hypernatremia are common electrolyte abnormalities in patients with malignancy and have been independently associated with worse survival outcomes. To date, there are no data on the impact of dysnatremia on survival outcome in pat...

May 12th, 2022 - Urinary specific gravity (SG) is a measure of the concentration of solutes in the urine. It measures the ratio of urine density compared with water density and provides information on the kidney’s ability to concentrate urine. A urinary specific g...

Apr 15th, 2022 - We recently reported cases of adipsic hypernatremia caused by autoantibodies against the subfornical organ in patients with hypothalamic-pituitary lesions. This study aimed to clarify the clinical features of newly identified patients with adipsic...

Apr 11th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Natural licorice is an extract from the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a 4- to 5-foot woody shrub that contains glycyrrhizic acid (GZA) and grows in subtropical climates in Europe, the Middle East, and Western Asia. Licorice extra...

Nov 29th, 2021 - Aim and Objective - AIM: • To study effect of the combination of Midodrine and Tolvaptan versus Tolvaptan alone in patients with severe hyponatremia in cirrhosis. PRIMARY Objective : • To study the Improvement in sodium concentration from base lin...

Jun 18th, 2021 - Critically ill patients need intravenous fluid therapy in order to correct or prevent problems with their fluid and/or electrolyte status and for renal protection. The decision for the optimal composition and amount of IV-fluids can be difficult a...

Mar 12th, 2021 - Considering the physiological changes in fluid and electrolyte balance and providing proper support are one of the important aspects of neonatal intensive care. Maintenance intravenous fluids are designed to maintain homeostasis when a patient is ...

Jan 12th, 2021 - Sepsis and septic shock are among the most prevalent causes of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. They account for around 10-50% of the mortality rate, which remains high despite extensive research of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, and national...

Sep 16th, 2020 - Lithium remains the gold-standard treatment for bipolar disorder, with 30-40% of patients with responding preferentially to this medication. Additionally, lithium is commonly used in treatment-resistant depression, and other psychiatric disorders ...

Feb 18th, 2022 - LAS VEGAS – In the opinion of Christoph U. Correll, MD, tardive dyskinesia (TD) “has been somewhat forgotten” by psychiatrists because the risk of patients developing the condition is considered to be significantly lower with second-generation ant.

Oct 6th, 2021 - November 13, 2020 - The combination of bempegaldesleukin (NKTR-214) and the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) elicited a confirmed best overall response rate (ORR) of 53% in efficacy-evaluable patients with metastatic melanoma, according to update...

Mar 10th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Both high and low serum sodium levels are associated with adverse outcomes for hospitalized patients with COVID-19, new research suggests. In the ...

Oct 28th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A recent move to use isotonic rather than hypotonic intravenous fluids (IVFs) in acutely ill children could be boosting their risk of developing electrolyte disorders, a new trial suggests. "Commercially available isoto...

Sep 23rd, 2020 - The investigational CAR T-cell product AUTO3 in combination with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) was found to have a tolerable safety profile and elicit durable complete responses (CRs) in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (...