The insulin resistance syndrome.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2↗
Biomedical subjects
E N Smolar
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Diabetes and hypertension.
Diabetes and hypertension have a higher than expected comorbidity. They share common etiology, pathophysiology, and organ effects. Long-term therapeutic goals are to prevent renal failure and atherosclerosis. Management should inhibit pathophysiologic mechanisms and avoid stimulating them. The most appropriate pharmacologic agents to treat hypertension in the diabetic are ACE inhibitors, selected calcium channel blockers, alpha adrenengic blockers, and certain central alpha agonists. The only diuretics that should be used are indapamide and torsemide.
Antihypertensive Agents↗
Cytomegalovirus infection in a herion addict.
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Adult↗
Cardiac tamponade in primary myxedema and review of the literature.
A case of cardiac tamponade secondary to primary myxedema is described. The nature of the patient's pericardial fluid and clinical course compared with other cases in the literature is reviewed. The patient had no recurrence of cardiac tamponade. Complete resolution of the pericardial effusion occurred 10 months followint initial pericardiocentesis and L-thyroxine therapy.
Cardiac Tamponade↗