Eleven patients with salt losing CAH (21 OH deficiency), aged 5-19 years were treated with cortisone 20-55 mg/m 2 /24 h in 3 divided doses and supplementary salt. Normal (< 60 m.i.u./1) and moderately ...
In patients in whom aldosterone hypersecretion does not lateralize or those who are not surgical candidates, aldosterone receptor blockers such as spironolactone and eplerenone are employed. 38 Some ...
What if there were a straightforward and relatively inexpensive way to lower the incidence of heart failure (HF), renal disease, stroke, and cognitive impairment? Cardiologist Bertram Pitt, MD, said ...