Avtor/Urednik		Kocjan, Tomaž
Naslov		Primarni aldosteronizem
Prevedeni naslov		Primary aldosteronism
Tip		članek
Vir		In: Križman I, editor. Interna medicina 2005: novosti in aktualnosti. Zbornik predavanj 2. kongres Združenja internistov SZD; 2005 okt 21-22; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Slovensko zdravniško društvo, Združenje internistov,
Leto izdaje		2005
Obseg		str. 281-4
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		Primary aldosteronism (PA) affects 4.5% of patients with hypertension. Patients with hypertension and hypokalemia, resistant hypertension or adrenal incidentaloma should undergo screening for PA with a plasma aldosterone concentration to plasma renin activity ratio. A high ratio warrants confirmatory testing for PA. For those patients with PA who want to pursue a surgical cure, the accurate distinction between autonomous aldosterone secretion from one or both adrenal glands is the next step. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy follows when aldosterone secretion is unilateral, otherwise treatment is medical with aldosterone antagonists.
Deskriptorji		HYPERALDOSTERONISM ADRENALECTOMY