Acetazolamide: A forgotten diuretic agent

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 276-278

  Kassamali, Rahim ^a   Sica, Domenic A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acetazolamide; alkaline diuresis; diuretic resistance; metabolic alkalosis; sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ALTITUDE DISEASE; APLASTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CONFUSION; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; LEUKOPENIA; LIMB PAIN; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARESTHESIA; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TASTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TINNITUS;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DIURETICS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 80054039010     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: 15384683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e31822b4939     Document Type: Review

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