Impact of diuretic therapy-associated electrolyte disorders present on admission to the emergency department: A cross-sectional analysis

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Arampatzis, Spyridon ^a   Funk, Georg Christian ^b   Leichtle, Alexander B ^a   Fiedler, Georg Martin ^a   Schwarz, Christoph ^c   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a   Lindner, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diuretics; Electrolyte disorders; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMILORIDE; BUTIZIDE; CHLORTALIDONE; DIURETIC AGENT; EPLERENONE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INDAPAMIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METOLAZONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TORASEMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIURETIC THERAPY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIURETICS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 84875327101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-83     Document Type: Article

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