Failure of alkaline diuresis to enhance diflunisal elimination.

Acute renal failure associated with diflunisal.

Introduction Diflunisal has been reported as causing acute allergic interstitial nephritis (Chan et al., 1980) resulting in acute oliguric renal failure. A case of acute renal failure due to tubulo-interstitial nephritis after 3 months of diflunisal is reported here. Recently, phenylakalonic acids with analgesic and antiinflammatory properties such as fenoprofen and naproxen have been reported ...

Measles elimination--a case definition to enhance surveillance.

In Australia, progress towards measles elimination has recently seen a shift from an ’outbreak control‘ phase to an ’elimination phase‘ with the publication of supportive comprehensive guidelines; 5 this is encouraging. Strategies accompanying this change in policy are similar to those adopted in the Americas and include modification of the vaccination schedule to improve coverage rates through...

Aggressive diuresis for severe heart failure in the elderly.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy, safety, and economic benefit of continuous IV infusion of furosemide as a treatment modality for elderly patients with class IV heart failure. DESIGN Prospective trial of consecutively admitted elderly patients > 65 years old with class IV heart failure. SETTING A single cardiovascular service in a university medical center. PATIENTS Seventeen ma...

Mechanism of Diuresis: Alterations in the Specific Gravity of the Blood Plasma with Onset of Diuresis in Heart Failure.

The treatment of salicylate poisoning using mannitol and forced alkaline diuresis.

1. A comparison has been made between alkaline mannitol diuresis and alkaline glucose diuresis in the treatment of salicylate poisoning during an 8 hr period. 2. Mannitol gave a higher rate of urine flow, but there was no significant difference in the rate of salicylate excretion. 3. Serum levels of sodium, potassium and calcium fell in both groups, mainly during the first 2 hr. The mean fall i...