introduction: urinary obstructive disease is one of the most common disorders in urinary system. dilatation which is detected by sonography, is a key finding in obstruction in most of the cases, also could be found following surgery, lithotripsy and vesico–urethral reflux. radioistope diuretic washout renography is a useful method to differentiate mechanical and non mechanical obstruction. mate...

introduction: it has been suggested that calculation of differential renal function (drf) using 99mtc-dmsa may lead to overestimation of the function of an obstructed kidney. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of diuretic administration on the determination of drf using 99mtc-dmsa scintigraphy in patients with dilated pelvis. methods: thirty three patients, aged from 2 months to 6...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 we read with great interest the article by minakari et al. regarding the effects of treatment with subcutaneous octreotide and oral midodrine in cirrhotic patients with ascites who continued to receive their standard diuretic treatment 1 and we would like to comment on their results. first, the administration of midodrine for...

We attempted to determine whether a diuretic-induced increase in renin secretion results in angiotensin II-mediated vasoconstriction which counteracts the antihypertensive action of diuretics. The angiotensui antagonist saralasin was administered to nine normal renin and five low renin essential hypertensives prior to and during stimulation of the renin-angiotendn system by 6 weeks of chronic d...

AIM Diminished diuretic response is common in patients with acute heart failure, although a clinically useful definition is lacking. Our aim was to investigate a practical, workable metric for diuretic response, examine associated patient characteristics and relationships with outcome. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined diuretic response (defined as Δ weight kg/40 mg furosemide) in 1745 hospital...

BACKGROUND Alpinia oxyphylla fruit (AOF, Yizhi in Chinese) is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine as an anti-diuretic agent and composed of two parts i.e. seed and shell. These two parts have different components, but the bioactivity differences of the two parts are not clear. This study aims to evaluate the different anti-diuretic effects of the seed and shell of AOF. MATERIALS AND MET...

To evaluate urinary acidification defect and its contribution to metabolic acidosis (MA) during hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), we serially analyzed acid-base balance and urinary acidification indices in 10 HFRS patients. Data of the patients were compared with those of 8 normal volunteers (NC). MA was observed in 6 of 8 patients in the oliguric phase, 5 of 7 in the early diuretic...

Refeeding oedema in patients with anorexia nervosa is a known but yet under-reported and poorly-understood condition. We illustrate this condition in a 19-year-old girl with anorexia nervosa who developed bipedal oedema after she was started on nutritional therapy. It is important to be aware of the differential diagnoses of oedema in such cases, which includes heart failure and previous diuret...