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Diuretic Therapy in Old Patients

G. CupidiG. FradaA. Di SciaccaGiuseppe CostanzaF. DuranteG. Barbagallo Sangicrgi

subject

Old patientsmedicine.medical_specialtyCirrhosisbusiness.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentMetabolic alkalosismedicine.diseasePathophysiologyHeart failureInternal medicinemedicineCardiologyDiureticbusinessSODIUM DEPLETIONLeft Ventricular Failure

description

The administration of diuretics is indicated in several clinical conditions characterized by more or less severe water and salt retention (congestive heart failure, non-compensated liver cirrhosis, renal syndromes etc.), or in cases in which water and sodium depletion is supposed to improve some pathophysiological aspects of clinical symptoms (e. g. as background treatment in arterial hypertension, or as emergency treatment in left ventricular failure.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1984-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2791-2_26