title: Drugs used to promote diuresis: a treatment for fluid balance charts?
abstract: Renal failure is a complex process characterized by the retention of nitrogenous waste products, electrolyte disturbances and decreased urine production. Diuretics are often prescribed as a treatment for decreased renal functioning. Diuretics induce urine production by different mechanisms of action. Diuretic therapy has not been found to decrease mortality nor decrease the need for further intervention. The current development of national framework standards will provide guidelines for the treatment of all patients suffering acute renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Adult Intensive Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK. nealcleaver@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Neal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cleaver
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology; D015984:Causality; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004232:Diuretics / Q000145:classification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009737:Nursing Records; D018579:Patient Selection; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics