Thiazide diuretics [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 659-660

  Cowtan, Tara ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE;

DEATH; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; POTASSIUM BALANCE; POTASSIUM METABOLISM; FEMALE;

DIURETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HYPONATREMIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77149172573     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0912839     Document Type: Letter

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