When Could the Administration of Furosemide Be Avoided?

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 732-737

  Kuyvenhoven, Jacob D ^a,b   Piepsz, Amy ^a,c   Ham, Hamphrey ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Furosemide; Hydronephrosis; Negative predictive value; NORA; Output efficiency; Renography

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; RENOGRAPHY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIURETICS; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542317392     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000082659.54696.f8     Document Type: Article

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