1. Potassium Supplementation, Diet vs Pills.
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Norris, Wendi, Kuzelman, Karyn S., Bussell, Susan, Ro hweder, Linda, and Cochran, Richard P.
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HIGH-potassium diet ,DIET therapy ,CARDIAC surgery patients ,DIURETICS ,POTASSIUM in the body ,CARDIOLOGY - Abstract
Determines whether cardiac surgery patients receiving therapy with potassium-wasting diuretics can safely and beneficially maintain serum potassium levels by eating potassium-rich foods. Prospectively randomized trial of diet vs. medication supplementation of potassium; Indication that cardiac surgery patients receiving therapy with diuretics can maintain serum potassium levels at clinically adequate concentrations by eating potassium-rich foods.
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- 2004
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