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Outdoor temperature and survival benefit of empiric potassium in users of furosemide in US Medicaid enrollees: a cohort study

OBJECTIVE: Heat is associated with elevated all-cause mortality, and furosemide-induced potassium depletion might be worsened by heat-induced sweating. Because empiric potassium is associated with a marked survival benefit in users of furosemide at a dose of ≥40 mg/day, we hypothesised that this emp...

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Autores principales: Nam, Young Hee, Bilker, Warren B, Leonard, Charles E, Bell, Michelle L, Hennessy, Sean
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6398730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30777859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023809