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Improved Quality of Life, Blood Pressure, and Biochemical Status Following Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Unilateral Primary Aldosteronism
- Source :
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 95:1360-1364
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- The Endocrine Society, 2010.
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Abstract
- In 22 patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism (UPA), unilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy (ADX) not only corrected hypokalemia and led to cure or improvement of hypertension, but also significantly improved quality of life (QOL).In this pilot study, QOL was evaluated prospectively using SF-36 questionnaire before and 3 and 6 months after ADX in 22 patients [14 males] with UPA who underwent ADX within the Endocrine Hypertension Research Center, Greenslopes and Princess Alexandra Hospitals, between June 2007 and June 2008.Eighty-six percent of patients were cured of hypertension, and the remainder improved. Plasma potassium normalized and, whereas renin concentration increased, plasma aldosterone, aldosterone/renin ratio, and number of antihypertensive agents decreased. Preoperatively, SF-36 scores for each QOL domain were lower for UPA patients than reported for the Australian general population, especially for physical functioning, role physical, vitality, and general health. Significant improvements were seen at 3 months in physical functioning, role physical, social functioning, role emotional, general health, mental health, and vitality and at 6 months in physical functioning, role physical, general health, role emotional, mental health, and vitality.Unilateral adrenalectomy had positive impacts not only on blood pressure and biochemical parameters, but also on QOL, which was impaired preoperatively but significantly improved by 3 months postoperatively.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Status
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Clinical Biochemistry
Population
Blood Pressure
Hypokalemia
Pilot Projects
Context (language use)
Biochemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Endocrinology
Primary aldosteronism
Quality of life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Internal medicine
Hyperaldosteronism
Renin
Humans
Medicine
Prospective Studies
education
Aldosterone
Aged
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Biochemistry (medical)
Adrenalectomy
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Treatment Outcome
Blood pressure
chemistry
Hypertension
Quality of Life
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19457197 and 0021972X
- Volume :
- 95
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dae0ae0c432f22e62a16107514fb233d