
Algorithm of Stewart for Evaluating a Patient with Possible Primary Hyperaldosteronism
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient with clinical and biochemical findings suggestive of primary hyperaldosteronism using an algorithm by Stewart. |
Specialty: | Endocrinology Clinical Laboratory |
Objective: | clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics, criteria for diagnosis |
ICD-10: | E24 |
Description: | Stewart reported an algorithm that can be used evaluate a patient suspected of having primary aldosteronism. The author is from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England. |
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