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Diuretics: again the first step in the treatment of most patients with hypertension
The results and interpretations of the most recent controlled clinical trials on antihypertensive drugs have fuelled the debate about the drug that should be used to begin treatment for hypertension.
Fuchs Flávio
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Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Studies of a Novel Diuretic Inhibiting Urea Transporters
Urea transporter (UT) inhibitors are a class of promising novel diuretics that do not cause the imbalance of Na+, K+, Cl−, and other electrolytes. In our previous studies, 25a, a promising diuretic candidate inhibiting UT, was discovered and showed ...
Yue Xu+6 more
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Drug Use on Mont Blanc: A Study Using Automated Urine Collection [PDF]
Mont Blanc, the summit of Western Europe, is a popular but demanding high-altitude ascent. Drug use is thought to be widespread among climbers attempting this summit, not only to prevent altitude illnesses, but also to boost physical and/or psychological
Botre', Francesco+10 more
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Features of the use of torasemide in arterial hypertension
The article deals with the choice of diuretic in arterial hypertension and presents data on the antihypertensive efficacy of the loop diuretic torasemide.
Baryshnikova G.A., Chorbinskaya S.A.
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Background and Objectives: The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of humoral substance mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) on the two-year survival of patients with chronic heart failure and relate it to the dosage of furosemide ...
Monika Špinarová+11 more
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Immunomodulatory Potential of Diuretics
In this review, diuretics and their immunomodulatory functions are described. The effects on the immune response of this group of drugs are reported in patients suffering from hypertension and under experimental conditions involving animal models and ...
Paweł Bryniarski+2 more
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Improving Postdischarge Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure [PDF]
The global burden that acute heart failure (AHF) carries has remained unchanged over the past several decades (1). European registries (2–5) showed that 1-year outcome rates remain unacceptably high (Table 1) and confirm that hospitalization for AHF ...
Ambrosy, Andrew P.+8 more
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Pre-hospital management protocols and perceived difficulty in diagnosing acute heart failure [PDF]
Aim To illustrate the pre-hospital management arsenals and protocols in different EMS units, and to estimate the perceived difficulty of diagnosing suspected acute heart failure (AHF) compared with other common pre-hospital conditions.
Banaszewski, Marek+77 more
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BackgroundLoop diuretics are highly natriuretic but their short duration of action permits postdiuretic sodium retention, which limits salt loss unless dietary salt is severely restricted. We tested the hypothesis that a more prolonged duration of action
Salim Shah+6 more
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Serum potassium levels and outcome in acute heart failure (data from the PROTECT and COACH trials) [PDF]
Serum potassium is routinely measured at admission for acute heart failure (AHF), but information on association with clinical variables and prognosis is limited.
Bloomfield, Daniel M.+18 more
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