Effect of frusemide on pulmonary blood volume.
Intracardiac frusemide given to seven patients recovering from high-altitude pulmonary oedema caused a significant reduction in the pulmonary blood volume before the onset of diuresis. This supports the suggestion that the mobilization of fluid from the pulmonary circuit is responsible for the relief of symptoms in some patients with pulmonary oedema even when a diuresis does not occur.
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001810:Blood Volume / Q000187:drug effects*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D004231:Diuresis; D005665:Furosemide / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow
D005665:Furosemide