The Japanese Society of Hypertension (JSH) revised the Guidelines for the Management of
Hypertension 2014 (JSH 2014), and published the JSH 2019. In the development of the JSH …

Hyperkalemia is an electrolyte abnormality with potentially life-threatening consequences.
Despite various guidelines, no universally accepted consensus exists on best practices for …

Potassium disorders are common in patients with kidney disease, particularly in patients
with tubular disorders and low glomerular filtration rate. A multidisciplinary group of …

Abstract Background and Objectives Male sex has been associated with severe coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. We examined the association between male sex and …

Background Epidemiologic studies, including trials, suggest an association between
potassium intake and blood pressure (BP). However, the strength and shape of this …

Potassium (K+) is the most abundant cation in humans and is essential for normal cellular
function. Alterations in K+ regulation can lead to neuromuscular, gastrointestinal, and …

There have been several clinical studies examining the factors associated with
cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA); however, their …

Readily deployable, low-cost point-of-care medical devices such as lateral flow assays
(LFAs), microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs), and microfluidic thread-based …

Biological soft robots have attracted extensive attention and research because of their
superiority in executing designed biomedical missions compared with conventional robots …

Aims Medication prescribed to patients suffering from chronic heart failure carries an
increased risk of impaired potassium homeostasis. We examined the relation between …