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A C Kennedy

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PubMed1975

Zinc: its relationship to osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis.

Preliminary studies indicate that plasma zinc concentrations, as estimated by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, are reduced in rheumatoid arthritis. A relationship has also been established between metacarpal index of osteoporosis and plasma zinc concentrations in rheumatoid subjects.

Adult↗
PubMed1974

Total body potassium in long-term frusemide therapy: is potassium supplementation necessary?

Measurements of total body potassium (T.B.K.) were made by whole-body counting in four groups of patients receiving oral frusemide for one year. Patients in group 1 had essential hypertension and normal renal function and received 40 mg frusemide daily without potassium supplements. Patients in group 2 were similar but received oral potassium supplements for the first four months of treatment. Patients in group 3 had hypertension associated with renal disease and received 120 mg frusemide daily without potassium supplements. Patients in group 4 also had hypertension and renal impairment and in addition to 120 mg frusemide daily they received oral potassium supplements for four months. No evidence of depletion of T.B.K. was found in any of the groups after continuous treatment with frusemide for one year. It is questioned whether potassium supplementation in long term diuretic therapy with frusemide is necessary unless there is evidence of pre-existing potassium depletion or of some other factor such as cardiac failure, cirrhosis of the liver, or the nephrotic syndrome.

Administration, Oral↗
PubMed1974

Tuberculosis as a continuing cause of renal amyloidosis.

In 40 patients with renal amyloidosis seen in a ten-year period tuberculosis was the major preceding disease in 20, though it was active in only two at diagnosis. Most patients presented with renal failure, and only two survived for five years. This experience (at least, in the west of Scotland) conflicts with the generally accepted view that rheumatoid arthritis is the commonest cause of renal amyloidosis.

Acute Kidney Injury↗