Diuretics in primary hypertension – Reloaded
Indian Heart Journal, 2016 Diuretics have long been cherished as drugs of choice for uncomplicated primary hypertension. Robust mortality and morbidity data is available for diuretics to back this strategy.
Sundeep Mishra
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Health services research in the public healthcare system in Hong Kong: An analysis of over 1 million antihypertensive prescriptions between 2004-2007 as an example of the potential and pitfalls of using routinely collected electronic patient data [PDF]
, 2008 <b>Objectives</b> Increasing use is being made of routinely collected electronic patient data in health services research. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential usefulness of a comprehensive database used routinely in the
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Diuretics and Hypokalemia [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 1970 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.
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Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Previous studies about renal protection of sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with heart failure (HF) on diuretics were still limited.
Yi‐Fang Weng +3 more
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Pretreatment with beta-blockers and the frequency of hypokalemia in patients with acute chest pain [PDF]
, 1987 Plasma potassium concentration was measured at admission in 1234 patients who presented with acute chest pain. One hundred and ninety five patients were on P blockers before admission.
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Patterns of antihypertensive prescribing, discontinuation and switching among a Hong Kong Chinese population from over one million prescriptions [PDF]
, 2008 Hypertension is an alarming public health problem among Chinese. The present study evaluated the prescribing patterns, discontinuation and switching profiles of antihypertensive agents and their associated factors in one Hong Kong Chinese population ...
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Prevalence of thiamine deficiency in heart failure patients on long-term diuretic therapy
Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2015 Background: Loop diuretics are an integral part of heart failure management. It has been shown that loop diuretics cause thiamine deficiency (TD) by increasing its urinary loss. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of TD in heart failure
Shrenik Doshi +5 more
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Generic sample preparation combined with high-resolution liquid chromatography- time-of-flight mass spectrometry for unification of urine screening in doping-control laboratories [PDF]
, 2010 A unification of doping-control screening procedures of prohibited small molecule substances—including stimulants, narcotics, steroids, ß2-agonists and diuretics—is highly urgent in order to free resources for new classes such as banned proteins ...
Georgakopoulos, C.G. +4 more
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Association of antihypertensive monotherapy with serum sodium and potassium levels in Chinese patients [PDF]
, 2009 <b>Background</b> International guidelines on management of hypertension recommend any major classes of antihypertensive drugs. However, the low prescribing rate of thiazides has been attributed to concerns about electrolyte disturbances and ...
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THIAMINE SUPPLEMENT THERAPY IMPROVES EJECTION FRACTION VALUE IN STAGE II HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
Folia Medica Indonesiana, 2017 Thiamine, also called vitamin B1, is a water soluble vitamin that is involved in the formation of ATP in cells. The active metabolite of thiamine is a co-enzyme thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) that plays an active role in carbohydrate metabolism and the ...
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