Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypoaldosteronism can be induced by a deficit of aldosterone production (AldDef) or a mineralocorticoid resistance (MinRes). Experts have proposed to use hyperkalemia-based aldosterone values for this purpose. However, there is no a range of aldosterone values indicating one of this type of hypoaldosteronism. In 2008, Adam W. R.1 hypothesized that the factored aldosterone (FAldo) could be useful differentiating hypoaldosteronism secondary to MinRes fro...

Introduction: Hyponatremia is the most frequent electrolyte disorder found in clinical practice, and has been associated with increased morbimortalty. Hyponatremia is even more common among patients receiving parenteral nutricion(PN), a therapy increasingly in use. However, the morbimortality of hyponatremic patients on PN is unknown.Methods: Retrospective study, selecting all patients receiving PN in a teaching hospital from 01/11/11 to 01/06/12. We eva...