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- Published on: 26 April 2005
- Published on: 1 March 2005
- Published on: 26 April 2005Authors' replyShow More
Dear Editor,
We are grateful to Dr. Exton for allowing us to expand on the case we reported recently [1]. Our patient’s past history of widespread vascular disease included previous MI, CABG and heart failure which is why her therapy included enalapril 5 mg b.d., Bumetanide 2 mg od, and Bisoporolol 5 mg od. We were not unduly alarmed therefore to find that her urea had been elevated at 15.3 mmol/l with serum...
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None declared. - Published on: 1 March 2005Diuretic induced renal failureShow More
Dear Editor,
Clearly the ACE inhibitor in this case is significant in light of this lady's acute (presumably mixed "pre-renal" and "renal") renal failure. However, this was not due solely to one drug and I suspect that her illness highlights a more significant problem i.e. that of the widespread use of loop diuretics and the balance between fluid offload and renal function. Although the precise nature of her vasc...
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