Usefulness of Alternative Therapy with Hydrocortisone in the Postoperative Management of Severe Primary Aldosteronism: A Case Report

Mineralocorticoid deficiency (MD) with hyperkalemia is an important complication of adrenalectomy in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA). We herein report a 52-year-old man with refractory hypertension, hypokalemia, and severe renal dysfunction due to PA caused by a right adrenal adenoma. His e...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2023, pp.1279-22
Hauptverfasser:	Asakawa, Masahiro, Takagi, Noriko, Hamada, Daisuke, Yamasaki, Yuko, Takaku, Yutaro, Kawada, Masahiro, Murata, Taro, Katsuta, Hidenori
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenalectomy Hyperkalemia Impaired renal function Mineralocorticoid deficiency Primary aldosteronism
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