A systematic review and meta-analysis of thiazide-induced hyponatraemia: Time to reconsider electrolyte monitoring regimens after thiazide initiation?

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 566-577

  Barber, Jennifer ^a   McKeever, Tricia M ^a   McDowell, Sarah E ^b   Clayton, Jennifer A ^c   Ferner, Robin E ^b   Gordon, Richard D ^d   Stowasser, Michael ^d   O'Shaughnessy, Kevin M ^e   Hall, Ian P ^a   Glover, Mark ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hypokalaemia; hypokalemia; hyponatraemia; hyponatremia; thiazide; thiazide like

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; CHLORTALIDONE; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS TRIAMTERENE; INDAPAMIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; FALLING; FATIGUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYPHARMACY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIAZIDE INDUCED HYPONATRAEMIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE OSMOLALITY; WEAKNESS; AGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINE;

AGE FACTORS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS;

EID: 84925424408     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12499     Document Type: Review

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