Increasing the Dose of Furosemide in Patients with Azotemia and Suspected Obstruction

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Hunsche, Angela ^a   Press, Hejung ^a   Taylor, Andrew ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Azotemia; Diuresis renography; Furosemide; Mercaptoacetyltriglycine; Tc 99m MAG3

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIURESIS; DIURESIS RENOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY; RENOGRAPHY; UREMIA; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; DIURESIS; DIURETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 1542347748     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000113851.70154.2a     Document Type: Article

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