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There is no single test efficient in selection of patients for second-step etiological investigation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Altogether, 198 consecutive patients \u2212 119 women (60%) and 79 men (40%) \u2013 hospitalized in years 2009\u20132011 at the Clinical Department of Endocrinology Medical University of Bialystok were diagnosed with primary aldosteronism. In each patient, plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone concentration (basic and after 2 l NaCl infusion) were evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The percentage of patients with plasma aldosterone concentration \u226515 ng\/ml was 53 and the percentage of patients with plasma renin activity \u22640.1 ng\/ml\/h was 20. The percentage of patients screened for primary aldosteronism in which the aldosterone:renin ratio exceeded consecutive cut-offs of 20, 30, 40 and 50 were respectively 57, 45, 34 and 29. Among 15 patients in which plasma aldosterone concentration after infusion of 2 l of saline was \u22656.5 ng\/dl (8.6%), 13 (6.6%) were diagnosed with primary aldosteronism.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The obligatory use of tests confirming autonomy of aldosterone secretion in patients screened for primary aldosteronism seems cost-effective in limiting the number of patients for further diagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/1470320312438791","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,8]],"date-time":"2012-03-08T22:33:49Z","timestamp":1331246029000},"page":"367-371","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Diagnostics of primary aldosteronism: is obligatory use of confirmatory tests justified?"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Janusz","family":"My\u015bliwiec","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"\u0141ukasz","family":"\u017cukowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Grodzka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Agata","family":"Pi\u0142aszewicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Szymon","family":"Dr\u0105gowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"G\u00f3rska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-1470320312438791","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2006.07.059"},{"key":"bibr2-1470320312438791","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1210\/jc.2003-031337"},{"key":"bibr3-1470320312438791","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00004872-200311000-00025"},{"key":"bibr4-1470320312438791","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1524-6175.2006.04747.x"},{"key":"bibr5-1470320312438791","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(08)60834-X"},{"key":"bibr6-1470320312438791","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/01.HYP.0000038478.59760.41"},{"key":"bibr7-1470320312438791","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/01.HYP.0000230444.01215.6a"},{"key":"bibr8-1470320312438791","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1210\/jc.2008-0104"},{"key":"bibr9-1470320312438791","first-page":"2","volume":"61","author":"Mysliwiec J","year":"2010","journal-title":"Endokrynol Pol"},{"key":"bibr10-1470320312438791","unstructured":"Kaplan NM, Victor RG. 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