ALLMedicine™ Serum Sodium Center

Jul 2nd, 2022 - Congenital sodium diarrhea (CSD) is a rare enteropathy displaying both broad variability in clinical severity and genetic locus and allelic heterogeneity. Eleven CSD patients were reported so far with SLC9A3 variants that impair the function of th...

Jul 1st, 2022 - Brain oedema after cardiac arrest is strongly associated with poor neurological outcomes. Excessive sodium supplementation may increase serum osmolarity and facilitate brain oedema development in cardiac arrest survivors. We aimed to investigate t...

Jul 1st, 2022 - In order to facilitate the preoperative prediction of complicated appendicitis, we propose a complementary approach by selecting an endpoint defined by the intraoperative finding of peritoneal soiling (PS). Over a 6-month period, 38 centers (5% of...

Jun 28th, 2022 - Osmotic demyelination syndrome is an uncommon neurologic condition, characterized by noninflammatory demyelination involving the pons and other areas of the central nervous system. As chronic hyponatremia is frequently associated with cirrhosis, p...

Jun 26th, 2022 - Primary non-function (PNF) in the early post-LT period in children leads to prolonged hospitalization, high graft loss, and significant mortality. However, there is a paucity of data available on the natural history of children relisted for LT due...

Feb 20th, 2019 - Patients with nocturia have to face many hurdles before being diagnosed and treated properly. The aim of this paper is to: summarize the nocturia patient pathway, explore how nocturia is diagnosed and treated in the real world and use the Delphi m...

Feb 27th, 2014 - Hyponatraemia, defined as a serum sodium concentration <135 mmol/l, is the most common disorder of body fluid and electrolyte balance encountered in clinical practice. It can lead to a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms, from subtle to severe or e...

Feb 27th, 2014 - Hyponatraemia, defined as a serum sodium concentration <135 mmol/l, is the most common disorder of body fluid and electrolyte balance encountered in clinical practice. It can lead to a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms, from subtle to severe or e...

Jun 10th, 2022 - Currently, serum sodium levels are determined by standard venous blood sampling. This method is invasive, painful and a relatively large amount of blood is drawn (5ml). Repeated blood draws are necessary in certain patient groups. If sodium values...

May 27th, 2022 - Background: Despite ongoing advances in critical care mortality and morbidity of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage remains high. Secondary brain injuries related to cerebral vasospasm and consecutive ischemic brain injury and intracerebral ede...

May 25th, 2022 - This is a prospective, phase II study of fluoxetine for motor recovery post-stroke in adults with new-onset ischemic stroke in urban Tanzania. Participants will be enrolled at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in Dar Es Salaam after confirmati...

May 24th, 2022 - Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder in outpatients and hospitalized patients. Overly rapid sodium increase is associated with increased risk for osmotic demyelination. Smaller analyses have suggested that the slope of the sodium i...

May 24th, 2022 - A substantial number of ADPKD patients treated in our center or referred to our center for counseling are considered eligible for tolvaptan treatment and, thus, will be invited to enter the registry. Furthermore, many patients with ADPKD are treat...

Jun 21st, 2022 - Empagliflozin is a potential treatment for outpatients with chronic hyponatremia due to the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (SIAD), new data suggest.  The sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor empagliflozin (Jardiance), licensed ...

Apr 7th, 2022 - Less-than-adequate hydration, assessed by serum sodium levels at midlife, is associated with a higher risk of developing heart failure (HF) and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) later, new research suggests. Investigators analyzed 25-year data fr...

Dec 14th, 2021 - Delirious mania is a diagnostic term used in variety of settings, including the emergency department and inpatient psychiatry, but it does not have formal criteria established in the DSM-5. Delirious mania was first described in the 1800s and was.

Dec 10th, 2021 - Cisplatin is a potent antineoplastic agent derived from platinum and commonly used in the treatment of head and neck, bladder, ovarian, and testicular malignancies. 1,2 Approximately 20% of all cancer patients are prescribed platinum-based chemothe.

Sep 17th, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH: Hello. This is Ileana Piña, professor of medicine at Central Michigan University and adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve. This is my blog. Today I am talking to you during...