Protocol-guided diuretic management: Comparison of furosemide by continuous infusion and intermittent bolus

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1969-1975

  Schuller, Dan ^b,c,d   Lynch, John P ^b,c   Fine, Donna ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Pulmonary and Critical Care Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Diuretic management; Fluid management; Furosemide; Protocol guided therapy; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; INFUSION FLUID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EDEMA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0031456487     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199712000-00011     Document Type: Article

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