A treatment-induced increase in plasma potassium levels reduced the risk of ventricular arrhythmias, in patients with ICDs and baseline plasma potassium levels of 4.3 mmol per liter or lower, based on ...
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9 signs your rapid heartbeat needs immediate care
Medically reviewed by Angela Ryan Lee, MD It's essential to seek emergency care if a rapid heartbeat is paired with confusion ...
Hypokalemia and even low-normal plasma potassium levels increase the risk of ventricular arrhythmias among patients with cardiovascular disease. An assessment of a strategy of actively increasing ...
Your lungs, your spine, your leg muscles...these are all big organs and body parts that do big jobs to keep you healthy and thriving. On the other end of the size spectrum is the thyroid, a ...
Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2008;4(12):683-694. Traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, lymphocyte hypophysitis, or Sheehan syndrome, any time up to several decades previously, might ...
Credit: Getty Images A 65-year-old woman presents to her primary care provider with a chief complaint of "feeling winded" for the last 3 weeks. A 65-year-old woman presents to her primary care ...
Thyroid disorders affect approximately 12% of people worldwide, but women experience these conditions at rates up to eight times higher than men. This stark gender disparity stems from complex ...
For ventricular tachycardia (VT), catheter ablation is often seen as an option of last resort, however, some are questioning whether there has been too much emphasis on antiarrhythmic medication. In ...
Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with gestational transient thyrotoxicosis and its possible impacts on pregnancy. Methods: This retrospective study included pregnant ...
Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, takes a look at visible signs of thyroid disease. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that errors are possible): ...
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What Causes Hypothyroidism?
What Causes Hypothyroidism Dr. Ronald Goldenberg MD, FRCPC, FACE Endocrinologist Mary Trump issues warning on long-term impact of Donald Trump move We Asked Dietitians Their Favorite High- Protein ...
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