II. Clinics of Edema (6) Treatment-Diuretics, Refractory Edema
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Osmotic diuretic treatment of refractory edema.
Many patients with edema of congestive cardiac failure, nephrosis, and cirrhosis become refractory to all diuretic therapy. Theoretically, the use ia adequate dosage of osmotic diuretics whose action is dependent upon physical factors should augment sodium, chloride, and water excretion from whatever level exists prior to their use. In refractory edema, the effect of other diuretics (via altera...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Medicine
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0021-5120,1881-123X
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine1962.18.50