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DiureticAka: Sulfa-based Diuretic
- Preparations
- Preparations: Related to Sulfa-base
- Hypersensitivity to Sulfonamide antibiotics does not confer other sulfa-based agent allergy
- May be safe to trial on sulfa-based agent despite prior sulfa antibiotic reaction
- Anaphylaxis to sulfa agent in past contraindicates repeat sulfa trial
- Strom (2003) N Engl J Med 349:1628
- Sulfa-based diuretics
- Non-sulfa based agents
- Potassium-Sparing Diuretics (e.g. Triamterene, Spironolactone, Amiloride)
- Ethacrynic Acid
- Hypersensitivity to Sulfonamide antibiotics does not confer other sulfa-based agent allergy
Diuretics (C0012798) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | Agents that promote the excretion of urine through their effects on kidney function. |
| Definition (CSP) | agents that promote the excretion of urine through their effects on kidney function. |
| Definition (NCI) | A drug that increases the production of urine. |
| Concepts | Pharmacologic Substance (T121) |
| MSH | D004232 |
| English | Diuretic, Diuretics |
| Spanish | diuretico |
| Parent Concepts | Renal Agents (C0035064), Pharmaceutical Preparations (C0013227), Natriuretic Agents (C1258001), Pharmaceutical Adjuvants (C0001552), Cardiovascular Agents (C0007220), electrolytic, caloric, and water balance agent (C0280083) |
| Sources | AOD, CSP, LCH, LNC, MSH, NCI, NDFRT, PDQ, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT, USPMG, VANDF Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
