Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is a symptom-based diagnosis characterised by the presence of urinary urgency. It is highly prevalent and overlaps with the presence of bladder contractions during urine storage, which characterises the urodynamic diagnosis of detrusor overactivity. Animal models are needed to understand the pathophysiology of OAB, but the subjective nature of the symptom compl...

Systemic arterial hypertension in children has traditionally been thought to be secondary in origin. Increased incidence of risk factors like obesity, sedentary life-styles, and faulty dietary habits has led to increased prevalence of the primary arterial hypertension (PAH), particularly in adolescent age children. PAH has become a global epidemic worldwide imposing huge economic constraint on ...

An 84-year-old woman presented with hypoglycemiainduced altered mental status. Presentation vital signs were notable for a cuff blood pressure of 150/102 mm Hg but otherwise were unremarkable. Her neurological examination after dextrose was unremarkable and a CT of the brain showed no evidence of infarction or hemorrhage. Her initial ECG (Figure A) demonstrated normal sinus rhythm (rate, 84 bpm...

abstract aim and background: evidences show that both negative and positive affects play role in tendency to use substances, giving this issue, the current study was conducted in other to investigate relationships between distress tolerance, negative and positive urgency with severity of dependence and craving in people with substance dependency. methods and materials: the method of this resear...

BRASH syndrome is characterized by bradycardia, renal failure, AV nodal blockade, shock, and hyperkalemia. The proposed mechanism involves a vicious cycle between blockers, hyperkalemia, failure was first described in 2016. We present case of 52-year-old woman who presented with progressively worsening shortness breath hypertensive urgency subsequently developed profound bradycardia shock that ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper was to propose an algorithm for approaching hypertensive hemodialysis patients admitted to the hospital for hypertensive urgency. METHODS A literature search was conducted using PubMed (Medline). Articles selected were limited to humans and the English language. RESULTS WE IDENTIFIED EIGHT MANAGEMENT MODALITIES INCLUDING: short-daily and nocturnal dialy...

THE LANCET • Vol 356 • July 29, 2000 411 A hypertensive emergency is defined as a situation that requires immediate blood-pressure reduction (not necessarily to .normal values) to prevent or limit targetorgan damage, and a hypertensive urgency is defined as a situation in which blood pressure should be lowered within a few hours. The distinction between emergencies and urgencies is important be...