myxedema/カリウム

Total Exchangeable Potassium (TEK) was measured in 31 elderly patients admitted to a geriatric assessment unit. The value in control cases ranged between 26 mEq/kg to 45.5 mEq/kg; the mean values for men and women were 35.5 mEq/kg and 28.4 mEq/kg, respectively. The test was repeated after one week

A 47-year-old housewife was admitted to our hospital because of general fatigue and constipation suggesting hypothyroidism. For 3 years before admission, general fatigue, arrhythmia, dry skin, drowsiness, cold intolerance and hypermenorrhea occurred insidiously. She had habitually taken considerable

Augustin Morvan (1819-1897) was a contemporary of Jean-Martin Charcot who practised medicine in rural Brittany. A perspicacious and astute clinician, he described three clinical pictures not previously isolated: in 1875 the semiology of myxoedema, in 1883 the neurological semiology of syringomyelia

In 65 jejunolleal (JI) bypasses done from 1973-1979, there were nine Scott and 56 Payne (with Y-shaped anastomosis). Preoperative excess body weight (EBW) translated to the 1983 Metropolitan Tables was 112 +/- 30%. Eight patients are lost to follow-up. We reversed seven patients for renal stones

The renal response to acute salt loading and to stimuli for rapid sodium conservation was studied in 14 patients with untreated myxedema and in 13 euthyroid control subjects in balance on a 155 mEq. sodium intake. The salt-loading studies reveal urinary excretion of sodium in the myxedema patients

In recent years it has become possible by means of a radioimmunoassay to measure Digoxin concentration in the serum of digitalized patients. With this method it could be shown that the resorption of Digoxin is decreased by partial resection of the samll intestines, by malabsorption syndromes, after

1. Tetany occurs spontaneously in many forms and may also be produced by the destruction of the parathyroid glands. Recent researches tend to demonstrate an intimate relation between the various forms of tetany and relative or absolute insufficiency of the parathyroid gland. 2. The parathyroid

There are many controversial topics relating to renal disease in hospitalized patients. The aim of this review is to shed light on some important and often debated issues. Hypothyroidism, unlike myxedema, is not a cause of hyponatremia (although it can be sometimes seen in conjunction with the

A female newborn was admitted with the symptoms of mild respiratory distress, protruding tongue, hypotonicity, cutis marmorata, sclerema, myxedema, abdominal distension, and feeding problems on the first day of life. She had a huge neck mass, a large anterior and posterior fontanel, and hoarse cry.

Simple goitre is highly prevalent in New Zealand, and there is considerable incidence of toxic goitre. The aetiology of simple goitre seems fairly well established, and an attempt is being made to apply the data from simple goitre to the problems of toxic goitre.Endemic goitre is of great antiquity