Search for dissertations about: "hypokalaemia"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word hypokalaemia.

  2. 1. Drug use and side effects in the elderly : findings from the Kungsholmen project

    Author : Galina Passare; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Drug utilisation; elderly; side effects; adverse drug reactions; hypotension; hyponatremia; hypernatremia; hypokalaemia; hyperkalaemia; hyperglycemia; renal insufficiency; self-reported symptoms; antidepressants; anxiolytics;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to find occurrence of drug side effects in the elderly by studying the association between changes in clinical parameters and prevalence of self-reported symptoms and the use of drugs in an elderly population. The studies were performed in the Kungsholmen project, a longitudinal population based study of aging and dementia in Stockholm. READ MORE

  4. 2. Inhibition of 11 ß-HSD. Hemodynamic and hormonal response induced by liquorice

    Author : Helga A Sigurjónsdóttir; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; 11 ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; glycyrrhetinic acid; liquorice; hypertension; gender; androgen hormones;

    Abstract : Introduction: The enzyme 11 ß-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenas (11 ß-HSD) type 2 that converts the active hormone cortisol to the inactive cortisone is inhibited by glycyrrhetinic acid (GA), the active substance in liquorice. This leads to hypertension, hypokalaemia and sodium- and fluid retention, the syndrome of pseudo-hyperaldosteronism. READ MORE

  5. 3. Clinical Studies on Adrenocortical Tumours using  [11C]-metomidate Positron Emission Tomography

    Author : Joakim Hennings; Per Hellman; Bo Wängberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgery; Kirurgi; Surgery; kirurgi;

    Abstract : Adrenal tumours, discovered en passant in patients undergoing radiological examinations for non-adrenal disease, so-called adrenal incidentalomas, have increased dramatically in the recent era of more sophisticated diagnostic modalities such as high resolution multidetector computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Furthermore, primary aldosteronism (PA) has been documented in several screening studies as being far more common than previously believed among hypertensive patients. READ MORE