Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Aug 2000
Case Reports Comparative Study[Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome].
A 40-year-old woman was admitted with recurrent membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. For many years she had been suffering from joint pains and attacks of angio-oedema of the upper and lower lip. Physical examination was unremarkable except for marked oedema and urticaria of the trunk and limbs. ⋯ Differentiation of a vasculitic and a non-vasculitic form of chronic urticaria provides an initial step in delineating the underlying disease. Severe systemic disease such as collagen disease or vasculitis is not rare in vasculitic urticaria and requires long-term immunosuppression.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Aug 2000
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Terminating supraventricular tachycardia with adenosine--comparing the effectiveness of 12 mg and 18 mg].
This study was done to answer the question if intravenous application of 18 mg adenosine is superior to 12 mg adenosine for the termination of supraventricular tachycardias. ⋯ In AV nodal reentrant tachycardias and AV reentrant tachycardias with an accessory pathway, which can not be terminated by the administration of adenosine in a dose of 12 mg, the tachycardia can be terminated more effectively by the application of 18 mg adenosine.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Aug 2000
Case Reports[Subcutaneous magnesium pump in a patient with combined magnesium transport defect].
A 28-year-old man, known to have abnormal intestinal magnesium absorption, presented with recurrent cerebral seizures. Despite daily intravenous sulphate infusions, magnesium concentration remained inadequate. Physical examination was unremarkable. ⋯ This patient has combined magnesium transport defects, which could not be effectively treated by conventional methods, but required continuous magnesium infusion with an indwelling subcutaneous infusion pump. This case serves as an example of the way in which subcutaneous infusion can provide physiological substitution of electrolytes.