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Genetic Predictors of Hyperglycemia Due to Hydrochlorothiazide Therapy
… response and genetic variation.</p> <p>Thiazide diuretics are the recommended first-line monotherapy for hypertension (i.e. SBP>140 or DBP>90). Even so, diuretics are associated with adverse metabolic side effects, such as hyperglycemia, which increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. …
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The effect of night time diuretic chronotherapy on quality and duration of sleep among Zambian hypertensive patients
… the relationship between night time dosing of diuretics and the quality of sleep. The study aimed at evaluating quality and duration of sleep while on night time dosing of diuretics and determine the commonly used blood pressure lowering medication at University Teaching Hospital. Methods: The …
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The effect of night time diuretic chronotherapy on quality and duration of sleep among Zambian hypertensive patients
… the relationship between night time dosing of diuretics and the quality of sleep. The study aimed at evaluating quality and duration of sleep while on night time dosing of diuretics and determine the commonly used blood pressure lowering medication at University Teaching Hospital. Methods: The …
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The effect of night time diuretic chronotherapy on quality and duration of sleep among Zambian hypertensive patients
… the relationship between night time dosing of diuretics and the quality of sleep. The study aimed at evaluating quality and duration of sleep while on night time dosing of diuretics and determine the commonly used blood pressure lowering medication at University Teaching Hospital. Methods: The …
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The effect of night time diuretic chronotherapy on quality and duration of sleep among Zambian hypertensive patients
… the relationship between night time dosing of diuretics and the quality of sleep. The study aimed at evaluating quality and duration of sleep while on night time dosing of diuretics and determine the commonly used blood pressure lowering medication at University Teaching Hospital. Methods: The …
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Cohort selection and sampling techniques to balance time-series retrospective studies
… our methods in the context of a study of diuretics treatment effects in ICU patients with Sepsis, drawn from the MIMIC II database. Starting from a group of 3,503 unique ICU stays from 2,341 study patients, with a Diuretics-treatment cohort of 349 unique ICU stays from 332 patients, we …
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The relationship between reduced renal function and cardiovascular disease
… patients treated with β-blockers and/or thiazide diuretics and in patients treated with the Ca+-channel blocker diltiazem. In patients with hypertension, creatinine and CG predicted CVD endpoints in a linear fashion, whereas the risk associated with MDRD increased steeply at a GFR < 40 …
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Investigations Related to Dietary Sodium in Chronic Heart Failure
… cardiac patients and HF patients not taking loop diuretics. However, the relationship between urinary sodium excretion and sodium intake in HF patients taking loop diuretics was disturbed, suggesting that food records may be a better method for estimating sodium intake in this group. (2) Mean …
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Adverse drug reactions in hospital inpatients
… serious Commonly used drugs such as opioids, diuretics and anticoagulants were the most frequent causes of ADRs. Bleeding, renal impairment and Clostridium difficile were the ADRs with the greatest impact on patient length of stay and thus should be key areas for intervention strategies. …
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Long Term Therapy of Chronic Heart Failure
… such as ACE inhibitors, ARBs, β-blockers, MRAs, diuretics, and SGLT2 inhibitors, along with supporting therapies like ivabradine and digoxin. It also examines emerging treatments such as telemedicine, precision medicine, and gene therapy and discusses ongoing challenges like patient compliance, …
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Genetic Predictors of Metabolic Side Effects of Diuretic Therapy
<p>Thiazide diuretics are a recommended first-line monotherapy for hypertension (i.e.SBP>140 mmHg or DBP>90 mmHg). Even so, diuretics are associated with adverse metabolic side effects, such as hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and hypokalemia which increase the risk of developing type II diabetes. …
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Metolazone in Diuretic Refractory Ascites
… thiazide like diuretic, to conventional diuretics in these diuretic refractory patients may convert them to a diuretic sensitive stage and promote natriuresis. We conducted a pilot study to examine the efficacy of metolazone in diuretic refractory ascites. Methods: Patients with …
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Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, an evolution in doping analysis
… of the highly polar and thermally labile diuretics. A sensitive screening method for their urinary detection was developed and validated. Further research revealed that also for corticosteroids (non polar doping agents) good results can be achieved with LC-MS. Sensitivity, selectivity and …
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Nutritional Status of Patients with End Stage Liver Disease: An Outpatient Assessment
… end-stage liver disease. Ascites, edema, and diuretics cause fluctuations in weight and weight changes. Cirrhosis of the liver drives a patient to a catabolic state, thus depriving them of essential nutrients. Simple and easily applied methods are needed to identify the patients approaching …
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Clinical characteristics, causes, adherence to heart failure treatment guidelines and mortality of patients with acute heart failure: the Groote Schuur Hospital experience
… renin-angiotensin system blockers and loop diuretics on discharge. There was a low rate of β-blocker, aldosterone antagonist and digoxin use. Rehospitalisation at 180 days occurred in 25.2%. In-hospital mortality was 8.4 % and the case fatality rate at six months was 26.1%. Conclusion: In …
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Falls And Hospitalized Cancer Patients
… model were: a diagnosis of lung cancer, diuretics, antiepileptics, and length of stay. Conclusions: The model as a whole explained between 27% (Cox and Snell R square) and 38.6% (Nagelkerke R squared) of the variance in falls, and classified 80.8% of cases. The strongest predictor of …
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Impact of SystemCHANGE™ Intervention on Medication Adherence in Older Adults with Heart Failure: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study
… or older with heart failure who self-administer diuretics were screened for two months using electronic monitoring to determine baseline adherence scores. If adherence scores were below 88%, the participant was randomized into either the SystemCHANGE™ or attention control group. The attention …
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Erythrocyte zinc and dietary zinc in black women
… procedures) or medication use (consumption of diuretics or selected vitamin/mineral supplements). In this group, the correlation between dietary zinc and erythroctye zinc was slightly positive (Spearman r = 0.17, P = 0.16). With control for linoleic acid, the correlation in the restricted group …
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COMPREHENSION AND READABILITY OF DRUG INFORMATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF READING ABILITY.
… Package Inserts (PPIs) describing thiazide diuretics from the American Association of Retired Persons, the American Medical Association, the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Association of Retail Druggists, the United States Pharmacopoeial …
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