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Examining Symptom Management and Quality of Life of Loop Diuretic-Induced Overactive Bladder Among Heart Failure Patients: Physician and Patient Perspectives
Loop diuretics are strongly recommended in patients with chronic congestive heart failure (HF) to alleviate signs and symptoms of fluid overload. Loop diuretics help relieve congestive symptoms and reduce mortality, but may have side effects. This survey study examined the impact of loop diuretic-induced...
Bladder Symptoms Provoked by Short, Rapid-Acting Loop Diuretics: A Frequent but Often Overlooked Problem
Wilcox et al., 2024
Bladder dysfunction entails overactive bladder (OAB) defined as symptoms of urinary urgency, frequency, and/or nocturia with or without incontinence if there is no obvious pathology or infection or lower urinary tract symptoms that includes recognized causes of bladder dysfunction...
Sodium and Fluid Excretion With Torsemide in Healthy Subjects is Limited by the Short Duration of Diuretic Action
Shah et al., 2017
Loop diuretics are highly natriuretic but their short duration of action permits postdiuretic sodium retention, which limits salt loss unless dietary salt is severely restricted. We tested the hypothesis that a more prolonged duration of action would enhance salt loss...