| Anesthetic Experience of Adrenalectomy with Primary Aldosteronism - Report of two cases. |
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In Hee Chung, Young Woo Choi, Choon Ho Sung, Seung Rok Kim, Dong Suk Chung |
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Department of Anesthesiology, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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Primary aldosteronism is a clinical syndrome manifested by hypertension, hypokalemia and hyporeninemia in which autonomous secretion of aldosterone from the adrenal gland increased. Primary aldosteronism caused by aldosterone-producing adenoma is a surgically treatable conditon. For the first case, operation was performed on a 34 year old woman with this condition, under general anesthesia with N2O-O2-Fentanyl. And the other case was 37 year old man Those patients recovered uneventfully. |
| Key Words:
Primary aldosteronism; General anesthesia |
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