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In this study we evaluated the effect of a daily administration of 1 g salmon-oil concentrate containing 0.2 g eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on the blood pressure, serum cholesterol, HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and magnesium of ten patients on chronic haemodialysis. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure values decreased significantly from 156 +/- 27.7/84 +/- 14.3 to 140 +/- 22.8/75.6 +/- 8.21 mmHg. Concordantly, mean arterial pressure (MAP) decreased significantly from 108 to 96 mmHg. Total serum cholesterol decreased significantly by 64%, HDL cholesterol increased by 47% (P less than 0.001). Serum triglyceride values decreased significantly to 48%. There was a distinct decline of magnesium from 1.42 +/- 0.27 to 1.28 +/- 0.13 mg/dl (P less than 0.001). According to these results, the administration of omega-3 fatty acids may be considered as a reasonable approach in the treatment of dyslipoproteinaemia in patients on continuous haemodialysis.
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The frequency of myoglobinuric renal failure is estimated between 8 and 20%. Despite early onset of therapy often the use of renal substitution by hemodialysis or hemofiltration is required. This study of the clinical course of nine patients with myoglobinuric acute renal failure reveals continuous arterio-venous hemofiltration (CAVH) to have an effective clearance for myoglobin. Thus, the time until recovery of renal function as well as the frequency of secondary complications in rhabdomyolysis induced acute renal failure can be distinctly reduced.
Cushing's syndrome is a rarely observed disease with a poor prognosis when not treated appropriately. Knowledge of clinical features of the different forms of the disease together with a specific and subtle method of cortisol detection is indispensable for an early out-patient diagnostic program. In this study the characteristic features of the rare benign and malignant forms of Cushing's syndrome are presented in typical case-reports. As it has been proven in clinical experience, the necessary diagnostic measures for clarification of the syndrome consists of only few methods reliable concerning their diagnostic validity. The success of any curative treatment of the benign forms or any palliative measure of the malignant forms essentially depends on early diagnosis and differentiation of the various appearances of Cushing's disease.
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Posttransplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) as a cause of secondary hypertension is reported with an incidence of 1 to 10%. Early diagnosis of TRAS should be made by non-nephrotoxic and non-invasive means to lower the risk of hypertension. One to 66 months after kidney transplantation 335 patients underwent Duplex-scanning, 38 of cases for clinical tentative diagnosis of TRAS. Parameters for clinical diagnosis of TRAS were diastolic hypertension greater than 100 mm Hg with resistance to therapy (A), an abdominal bruit over the transplant (B), disturbance of renal function (serum-creatinine greater than 2 mg/dl) (C). Admission to study followed the parameter-combination A + B. A + C, B + C. Rejection crisis was excluded in 18/38 cases by fine needle biopsy, cyclosporine over-dosage was negative in 38/38 cases, 20/38 cases had normal renal function. Duplex-/Doppler-ultrasound criteria for TRAS were systolic peak velocity greater than 100 cm/s-1 and broadening of the diastolic frequency spectra with a smooth decline in diastole to an elevated diastolic level. In 32/38 cases (84.2%, n = 38) diagnosis of TRAS was made by duplex-scanning, angiography confirmed the result in 30/32 cases (93.75%, n = 32); sensitivity was 88.2% with a specificity of 66.6%. Duplex-scanning as a primary diagnostic means for TRAS seems a promising method compared to e.g. radionuclide imaging or angiography. Duplex-scanning is a non-nephrotoxic and non-invasive procedure repeatable at any time with only few preliminary conditions.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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A 58-year-old white woman with hypertension and severe hypokalemia was found to have a carcinoma of the left adrenal gland. Plasma renin activity was constantly under the normal limit, while plasma aldosterone levels were pathologically elevated. Plasma cortisol (8:00 a.m.) and excretion rates of urinary free cortisol were within the normal range. After an adrenalectomy, relapsing excessive aldosterone secretion was successfully treated with opDDD (Lysodrene). Ten months after the diagnosis was established, the patient died from a bleeding liver metastasis.
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The time course of blood pressure reduction after transluminal dilatation of renal artery stenoses was investigated by repeated 24 h blood pressure monitoring in 17 patients with renovascular hypertension. The results of treatment were compared for the different types of stenoses. The diurnal and nocturnal variations in blood pressure were not altered. The mean blood pressure in all patients during daytime (0800-2000) was 160 +/- 13/99 +/- 7 mm Hg (mean +/- SD syst./diast.) before dilatation, 151 +/- 10/91 +/- 6 mm Hg on the day of dilatation (p syst. less than 0.01, p diast. less than 0.01) and 151 +/- 9/91 +/- 6 mm Hg 1-4 weeks after. Blood pressure was further reduced to 137 +/- 12/84 +/- 8 mm Hg after 9-11 months despite a reduction in drug treatment (p syst. less than 0.001, p diast. less than 0.001). After 9-11 months the reduction in blood pressure (0800-2000) was 31/21 mm Hg (mean syst./diast. reduction) in the patients with only one kidney and 29/20 mm Hg in subjects with fibromuscular dysplasia. In the patients with arteriosclerotic renal artery stenoses who had two kidneys the blood pressure was reduced by only 18/11 mm Hg. The results of repeated ambulatory blood pressure monitoring indicate that the initial fall in blood pressure after dilatation of renal artery stenoses is followed by a delayed further reduction. Subjects with only one kidney and patients with fibromuscular dysplasia show the most effective reduction in blood pressure after dilatation of renal artery stenoses.