Eplerenone use in primary aldosteronism during pregnancy

Primary aldosteronism (PA) in pregnancy is rare. Due to pharmacological limitations and risks associated with surgical intervention during pregnancy, clinical decision making in this area is difficult. We report the short‐term use of eplerenone in the management of hypertension and hypokalemia due t...

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Autores principales: Gunganah, Kirun, Carpenter, Robert, Drake, William Martyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26783442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.355
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description Primary aldosteronism (PA) in pregnancy is rare. Due to pharmacological limitations and risks associated with surgical intervention during pregnancy, clinical decision making in this area is difficult. We report the short‐term use of eplerenone in the management of hypertension and hypokalemia due to PA in pregnancy.
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spelling pubmed-47064032016-01-18 Eplerenone use in primary aldosteronism during pregnancy Gunganah, Kirun Carpenter, Robert Drake, William Martyn Clin Case Rep Case Reports Primary aldosteronism (PA) in pregnancy is rare. Due to pharmacological limitations and risks associated with surgical intervention during pregnancy, clinical decision making in this area is difficult. We report the short‐term use of eplerenone in the management of hypertension and hypokalemia due to PA in pregnancy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4706403/ /pubmed/26783442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.355 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Eplerenone use in primary aldosteronism during pregnancy
title Eplerenone use in primary aldosteronism during pregnancy
title_full Eplerenone use in primary aldosteronism during pregnancy
title_fullStr Eplerenone use in primary aldosteronism during pregnancy
title_full_unstemmed Eplerenone use in primary aldosteronism during pregnancy
title_short Eplerenone use in primary aldosteronism during pregnancy
title_sort eplerenone use in primary aldosteronism during pregnancy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26783442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.355
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