Furosemide was administered to anesthetized dogs in priming doses of 0.1, 0.5, or 2.5 mg/kg followed by the same amounts per hour as infusion. When sodium and water balances were maintained constant ...

[23] Electrolyte imbalance, particularly hypokalemia, is the most common adverse effect of loop diuretics. Through this mechanism, diuretics may increase mortality (especially arrhythmic deaths).

Furosemide was administered to anesthetized dogs in priming doses of 0.1, 0.5, or 2.5 mg/kg followed by the same amounts per hour as infusion. When sodium and water balances were maintained constant ...

Furosemide is the most widely prescribed loop diuretic in the setting of systolic heart failure (HF), yet torsemide has been shown to have less inter- and intra-individual variation in ...

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Objectives In severe heart disease, parenteral administration of loop diuretic is often needed. We present clinical outcomes from episodes of care using subcutaneous continuous subcutaneous infusion ...

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