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Diuretic Therapy in Old Patients

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Aging and Drug Therapy

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The administration of diuretics is indicated in several clinical conditions characterized by more or less severe water and salt retention (congestive heart failure, non-compensated liver cirrhosis, renal syndromes etc.), or in cases in which water and sodium depletion is supposed to improve some pathophysiological aspects of clinical symptoms (e. g. as background treatment in arterial hypertension, or as emergency treatment in left ventricular failure.

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    G. Barbagallo Sangicrgi, A. Di Sciacca, G. Frada Jr., F. Durante, G. Costanza & G. Cupidi

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Barbagallo Sangicrgi, G., Di Sciacca, A., Frada, G., Durante, F., Costanza, G., Cupidi, G. (1984). Diuretic Therapy in Old Patients. In: Barbagallo-Sangiorgi, G., Exton-Smith, A.N. (eds) Aging and Drug Therapy. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2791-2_26

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