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Diuretic Drugs
By selectively regulating solute or fluid reabsorption, the kidneys play the major role in maintaining the volume and composition of extracellular fluid. Many diseases, including congestive heart failure, hepatic cirrhosis, and Cushing’s syndrome (glucocorticoid excess), are associated with or cause significant alterations in extracellular fluid balance. Diuretics inhibit renal sodium transport...
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s 40 venous capacitance within a few minutes before any with oedema is defined as a clinical state where the braking phenomenon occurs before the therapeutic measurable increase in urinary output can be seen [1,2]. This rapid haemodynamic improvement is goal is reached. thought to be due to the release of vasodilatory prostaglandins [3]. However, in a study in patients with severe oedema, i.v. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Cardiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1759-5002,1759-5010
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2009.21