Diuretics are agents commonly used in diseases characterized by excess extracellular fluid, including chronic kidney disease, the nephrotic syndrome, cirrhosis and heart failure. Multiple diuretic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In moderate- to high-risk patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing cardiac interventional procedures, a ...

Study finds no significant difference in hospitalization and death rates between patients who had a loop diuretic prescription at the time of peritoneal dialysis vs those who did not. Loop diuretic ...

Loop diuretics increase the risk of secondary hyperparathyroidism in CKD patients, but concurrent use of thiazide diuretics attenuate that risk. Subjects on loop diuretics had a 2.4 times increased ...