Example sentences for: diuretics

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  • 4. In the management of rhabdomyolysis, loop diuretics should probably be avoided, although mannitol may be effective on the basis of level IV evidence.

  • Women are more susceptible to hypokalemia, especially that due to diuretics [ 23 24 ] or SAH [ 3 ] . Considering that hypokalemia causes a prolongation in the QTc interval [ 4 7 8 9 25 ] , the sex-specific difference in ventricular repolarization described above might result from the sex-related difference in serum potassium levels.

  • In the sixth report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC VI), peripheral alpha-1 antagonists are recommended not only as second-line anti-hypertensive therapy after low-dose diuretics and beta blockers, but also for specific indications such as therapy in men with hypertension and prostatism [ 2 ] . Alpha-1 antagonists represent effective therapy for prostatism, and fifty percent of men have histologic evidence of BPH by 60 years of age [ 3 4 ] . The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey reported that the number of people on any type of peripheral alpha-1 antagonist in 1995 was approximately 6 to 7% of those with hypertension [ 5 ] . About 80% of surveyed physicians would choose these drugs as a first-line blood pressure agent for patients with hypertension and symptoms of BPH [ 6 ] .

  • The rates of CHF in SHEP participants treated with diuretics and placebo were 5 and 10 per 1,000 person-years, respectively.

  • Differentiation of the mechanism for reduced protection compared to diuretics would be interesting but difficult to accomplish.


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