ALLMedicine™ Metabolic Alkalosis Center

Jun 21st, 2022 - Chronic cough in an adolescent with infantile onset of hypokalemic hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis: Answers.|2022|Leventoğlu E,Kenan BU,Çakır EP,Hocoğlu Zİ,Eyüboğlu TŞ,|

Jun 21st, 2022 - Chronic cough in an adolescent with infantile onset of hypokalemic hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis: Questions.|2022|Leventoğlu E,Kenan BU,Çakır EP,Hocoğlu Zİ,Eyüboğlu TŞ,|

Jun 1st, 2022 - The Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 3 (NHE3) facilitates Na+ reabsorption and H+ secretion by the kidneys. Despite stronger NHE3 abundance in the thick ascending limb (TAL) compared to the S1 and S2 segments of the proximal tubule, the role of NHE3 in th...

May 18th, 2022 - A difficult case of hyponatremic and hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis: Answers.|2022|La Bella S,Fiorentino R,Carabotta M,Lizzi M,Rosato T,|

May 18th, 2022 - A difficult case of hyponatremic and hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis: Questions.|2022|La Bella S,Fiorentino R,Carabotta M,Lizzi M,Rosato T,|

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...

May 4th, 2022 - Metabolic alkalosis (MA) is the most common acid-base disorder and when it's severe it can have effects on cellular function and contribute to an increase in mortality. MA is a common complication of heart failure (HF) especially when patients are...

Feb 11th, 2022 - We hypothesize that secretin release and/or response is aberrant in restrictive anorexics. This results in water and salt wasting and/or metabolic alkalosis in many restrictive anorexics during refeeding. We will thus characterize secretin levels ...

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...

Aug 28th, 2019 - Background: Patients with decreased kidney function are in the positive acid balance due to insufficient renal acid excretion. To correct the varying degrees of metabolic acidosis in these HD patients, a high concentration of HCO3 in the dialysate...

Jul 31st, 2019 - The G coupled-protein receptors 99 (GPR99) was discovered in 2002 by Wittenberg et al. and is involved as a metabolic receptor. It has been shown that the natural ligand of GPR99 is an intermediate in the Krebs cycle, alpha-ketoglutarate (aKG). St...

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.

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...

Jun 23rd, 2017 - Answer: C. Hypochloremic hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis classically presents with progressive nonbilious projectile emesis and an enlarged pylorus (described as an "olive") upon abdominal examination. Prolo...

Jan 1st, 2017 - A 78-year-old black woman with a history of osteoarthrosis and chronic diffuse joint pain presents with altered mental status and tachypnea, which began 3 hours earlier. She lives alone, and her family suspects she abuses both alcohol and her pain.