Primary Aldosteronism

Researchers found that women who slept less than 7 hours per night at 24 to 28 weeks’ gestation were more likely to have a child with neurodevelopmental delays compared with those who slept 7 hours or more per night.

Adults with primary aldosteronism had improvements in disease severity after undergoing an adrenalectomy, according to findings published in Endocrine Practice.

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CHICAGO—In this video exclusive, Maria Fleseriu, MD, FACE, and Adina Turcu, MD, MS, talk about research on adrenal disorders presented at ENDO 2023, including artificial intelligence and a debate about which patients to screen for primary aldosteronism.

A recent study found that moderate salt restriction was associated with substantial reductions in BP and depressive symptoms in patients with primary aldosteronism.

Women who use oral contraceptives are more likely to have an aldosterone-to-renin ratio above the threshold for a positive test for primary aldosteronism than those who do not use oral contraceptives, according to study data.

A novel CT scan helped physicians identify hormone-producing nodules that cause hypertension, curing some patients of the condition with their removal, according to the results of a prospective, within-patient trial.

Ambulatory fludrocortisone suppression testing for primary aldosteronism has similar accuracy compared with in-patient fludrocortisone suppression testing but with significantly lower health care costs, according to study data.

A little more than 1% of adults in a general screening population who underwent a CT scan had adrenal tumors, and more than two-thirds of all tumors were nonfunctioning, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Only 3% of adults at high risk for primary aldosteronism are screened for the condition, typically only after complications have developed, according to data from a retrospective study presented at the ENDO annual meeting.