Your kidneys are responsible for keeping a healthy amount of potassium in your body. If they're not working right, you may get too little or too much. If you have too little potassium in your blood, it can cause
Be careful with light salts: Some salt substitutes have table salt in them. If you use these items too much, you’ll still take in too much sodium. Most of them also have potassium chloride, which can cause problems for people withheart failure. ...
The primary study end point was the reduction of hospitalizations for worsening of congestive heart failure (CHF); changes in NYHA functional class, 6-minute walking test, and mortality rates were secondary end points. During the 6-month follow-up, all patients in dobutamine and control groups ...
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(COPD), myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure (CHF), peripheral vascular disease, renal failure, hepatic disorders, sepsis; (4) Laboratory results: hemoglobin, white blood cell count (WBC), hematocrit, sodium, potassium, platelets, serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, prothrombin time (...
This form of potassium needs to be avoided if you have kidney disease. Choose low-sodium foods at restaurants. Meals from restaurants are often high in sodium. Some restaurants have nutrition information on the menu that tells you the amount of sodium in their foods. If possible, ask for ...
Congestive heart failure 1.48 0.33-6.74 .61 0.51 Other cardiac 1.33 0.64-2.27 .45 0.53 Diabetes 1.47 0.49-4.44 .49 0.52 Prior fungal infection 1.3 0.37-4.48 .69 0.51 Baseline laboratory values ANC 0.10 0.01-1.47 .09 0.58 ALC 0.26 0.05-1.35 .11 0.58 AMC 0.57 0.32-0.99 .047 0.65 Hematocr...
U-shaped association between serum calcium and in-hospital mortality in diabetes patients with congestive heart failure: a cohort study Article Open access 11 June 2024 Serum calcium is associated with sudden cardiac arrest in stroke patients from ICU: a multicenter retrospective study based on the...
Testosterone may promote sodium and water retention; patients with pre-existing heart, liver or kidney disease are at a higher risk for developingedema, with or withoutcongestive heart failure(CHF) Large doses of testosterone can suppress sperm production (spermatogenesis) ...
Explain why plasma Na+ concentration is low in patients suffering from: 1) adrenal insufficiency 2) uncontrolled diabetes mellitus 3) congestive heart failure What causes fluid around the kidneys? What is the effect of high blood pressure on cardiac output?