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Ally Prebtani

Professor Medicine, McMaster University
Verified email at mcmaster.ca
Cited by 3765

Hypertension Canada's 2020 comprehensive guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children

…, P Lindsay, SW Rabkin, APH Prebtani… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hypertension Canada’s 2020 guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and
treatment of hypertension in adults and children provide comprehensive, evidence-based …

Hypertension Canada's 2018 guidelines for diagnosis, risk assessment, prevention, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children

…, KL Lavoie, RT Tsuyuki, G Honos, APH Prebtani… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hypertension Canada provides annually updated, evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis,
assessment, prevention, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children. This year, …

[HTML][HTML] Primary aldosteronism: a common cause of resistant hypertension

GA Kline, APH Prebtani, AA Leung, EL Schiffrin - Cmaj, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
• Patients who cannot be considered for adrenalectomy may consider an empiric trial of
spironolactone or eplerenone for blood pressure control.• If a normal or negative result for ARR …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the literature examining the diagnostic efficacy of measurement of fractionated plasma free metanephrines in the biochemical diagnosis …

AM Sawka, APH Prebtani, L Thabane, A Gafni… - BMC endocrine …, 2004 - Springer
Background Fractionated plasma metanephrine measurements are commonly used in
biochemical testing in search of pheochromocytoma. Methods We aimed to critically appraise the …

[PDF][PDF] Screening for type 1 and type 2 diabetes

…, Z Punthakee, T Ransom, APH Prebtani… - Canadian journal of …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Testing with a 2-hour plasma glucose (2hPG) in a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
should be undertaken in individuals with an FPG of 6.1 e6. 9 mmol/L and/or an A1C of 6.0% e6…

Reducing the risk of developing diabetes

APH Prebtani, HS Bajaj, R Goldenberg… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ideal prevention strategies for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes should range from efforts
focused on individuals identified as being at risk for developing diabetes to broader group-and …

Treatment of hypertension

…, RE Gilbert, C Jones, LA Leiter, APH Prebtani… - Canadian journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Observational and randomized clinical trials and observational data show a strong association
between raised systolic and diastolic blood pressures (BPs) and clinically important …

Reducing the risk of developing diabetes

…, R Goldenberg, A Mikalachki, APH Prebtani… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Ideal preventive strategies for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes should range from focusing
efforts on individuals identified as being at risk for developing diabetes to broader, more group-…

Worrisome striae

APH Prebtani, D Donat, S Ezzat - The Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
A 29-year-old pregnant woman gravida four para three at 29 weeks of gestation was admitted
in July, 1999, because of difficult to control hypertension and hyperglycaemia since mid-…

[HTML][HTML] Pantoprazole-induced acute interstitial nephritis

S Klassen, JC Krepinsky, APH Prebtani - CMAJ, 2013 - Can Med Assoc
Discussion Pantoprazole-induced acute interstitial nephritis is an increasingly known
complication of proton pump inhibitor therapy. In our patient’s case, confounding factors delayed …