"Diuretics, Osmotic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Compounds that increase urine volume by increasing the amount of osmotically active solute in the urine. Osmotic diuretics also increase the osmolarity of plasma.
Descriptor ID |
D004234
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MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.560.500.453
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2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diuretics, Osmotic" by people in Profiles.
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Long-term inhaled dry powder mannitol in cystic fibrosis: an international randomized study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar 15; 185(6):645-52.
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Osmotherapy: use among neurointensivists. Neurocrit Care. 2011 Apr; 14(2):222-8.
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Role of pH in protection by low sodium against hypoxic injury in isolated perfused rat livers. J Hepatol. 2006 May; 44(5):894-901.
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PTEN/MMAC1 overexpression decreases insulin-like growth factor-I-mediated protection from apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells. Cell Growth Differ. 2001 Jul; 12(7):371-8.