Healio

Saline solution load test may help detect traumatic arthrotomy in pediatric patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among pediatric patients, the saline solution load test was a reasonable option for the detection of traumatic ...
Healio

New diagnostic test quickly, accurately identifies primary aldosteronism

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An overnight test for primary aldosteronism identified the condition in hypertensive adults with higher accuracy ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Effect of Saline Infusions on Aldosterone Secretion and Electrolyte Excretion in Normal Subjects and Patients with Primary Aldosteronism

Nine normal volunteer subjects (6 males and 3 females), nineteen to thirty-six years of age, and 5 patients with primary aldosteronism (3 females and 2 males), forty to fifty-two years of age, were ...
Nature

Decrease in serum potassium levels post saline suppression test in primary aldosteronism: an under-recognised phenomenon?

Primary aldosteronism (PA) accounts for 5–10% of subjects with hypertension. 1 The fludrocortisone suppression test (FST), an established test to confirm PA, is known to cause hypokalemia. 2 Therefore ...