Chronic Hyponatremia in Acute Heart Failure Overview This study aimed to comprehensively assess hyponatremia in patients with acute heart failure (AHF), focusing on its prevalence, associations, hospital course, and post-discharge outcomes. The research analyzed a cohort of 8,298 AHF patients from the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long-Term Registry, regardless of
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Extrapontine Myelinolysis and Pituitary Tumor Apoplexy in Pregnancy
Extrapontine Myelinolysis and Pituitary Tumor Apoplexy in Pregnancy Background Pituitary tumor apoplexy (PTA) is an uncommon but potentially fatal clinical emergency resulting from abrupt ischemic infarction or hemorrhage of the pituitary tumor. A variety of precipitating factors has been linked to PTA, including pregnancy. However, gestational pituitary apoplexy is limited to isolated
