diuretics and hypokalemia

Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia

A complete Works Cited list begins on page 15. Mention of commercial products does not indicate endorsement. Faculty Carol Whelan, APRN, has been working in nursing education since 2000. She received her Master’s degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing from St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut, and completed post-graduate nurse practitioner training at Yale University. Ms. Whela...

Diuretics in the Clinic

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Diuretics and asthma.

Diuretics and idiopathic oedema.

Epiphrenic diverticulum and associated hypokalemia.

Fig. 1. Barium swallow depicting an epiphrenic diverticulum. Preoperative manometry revealed significant tertiary contractions with intact primary peristalsis. The lower esophageal sphincter relaxed normally which excluded the diagnosis of achalasia. Fig. 2. Resected diverticular sac demonstrating retained potassium supplementation pills. The patient had undergone a successful diverticulectomy,...

Idiopathic oedema and diuretics.

Diuretic abuse has been invoked as the cause of idiopathic oedema. In this study, eight patients with idiopathic oedema were studied. Symptoms and weight variation continued despite the proven absence of diuretics in seven of them as determined by urinary chromatograms. Idiopathic oedema cannot therefore be attributed to diuretic use alone.