Prophylactic intravenous mannitol and normal saline in patients with poor renal function prior to cardiac surgery: Time for a multicentre trial?

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 74-77

  Alvarez, John M ^a   Chatwin, Claire ^a   Fahrer, Claude ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Mannitol; Prophylaxis; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; MANNITOL; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIURESIS; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OLIGURIA; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0033659910     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2892.2000.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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