Fractures and diuretics

Thiazide diuretics and fractures: can meta-analysis help?

Published observational estimates of the effect of thiazide diuretics on osteoporotic fracture risk vary from a 70% reduction to a 60% increase but there have been no randomized controlled trials. The aims of this study were to use the technique of meta-analysis to attempt to resolve this conflict and to explore whether duration and/or dose of therapy has an effect on osteoporotic fracture risk...

Current use of thiazide diuretics and prevention of femur fractures.

A case control study of a defined population from The Netherlands was performed to evaluate the risk of femur fractures associated with the use of thiazide diuretics. Included were 386 patients hospitalized for femur fractures between 1986 and 1990 who were residents and 45 years of age and older. Per case, one age-, sex-, pharmacy-, and general practitioner-matched control was chosen from the ...

Diuretics in the Clinic

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diuretics and hypokalemia

we have studied hypokalemic action of different diuretics in a cooperative study on 28 patients and our results are as follows: i. 28 patients (18 male and 10 female) were the subject of our present study. 2. e. c. g. was taken systematically on all individuals. 3. clinical signs and symptoms of hypokalemia was looked for in d lily examination of the patients. 4. dietary k, na, and ci could not...

Diuretics and asthma.