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Input rate as a major determinant of furosemide pharmacodynamics: influence of fluid replacement and hypoalbuminemia.
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Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals [Drug Metab Dispos] 2000 Mar; Vol. 28 (3), pp. 323-8. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- To investigate how the response to a bolus and an infusion of furosemide is modulated by the rate of fluid replacement and by hypoalbuminemia, rabbits received 5 mg/kg of furosemide as a bolus or infused over 60 min, whereas diuresis was replaced with 13, 121, or 238 ml/h NaCl 0.9%/glucose 5% (50:50). Natriuretic and diuretic efficiencies were greater with the infusion than with the bolus of furosemide. Fluid replacement increased natriuretic and diuretic efficiency of furosemide bolus but only diuretic efficiency of furosemide infusion. Furosemide net fluid depletion reached a plateau when fluid replacement increased beyond 121 ml/h. Repeated plasmapheresis decreased plasma albumin by 30% (P <.05) and increased furosemide unbound fraction (P <.05). Compared with control rabbits, hypoalbuminemia decreased the natriuresis of the bolus (22.7 +/- 1.5-16.6 +/- 1.3 mmol, P <.05) but not that elicited by furosemide infusion (26.2 +/- 1.8 mmol). Given as a bolus, furosemide natriuretic and diuretic response as a function of its urinary rate of excretion exhibited an hyperbolic relationship, and after its infusion a clockwise hysteresis, denoting tolerance. Plasma renin activity was increased by the bolus and the infusion of furosemide, even in the presence of 121 ml/h of fluid replacement. It is concluded that: 1) the increase in natriuretic/diuretic efficiency of the bolus induced by fluid replacement is greater than when furosemide is infused, 2) furosemide net effect does not increase proportionally to fluid replacement, and 3) the infusion of furosemide prevents the hypoalbuminemia-induced decrease in response of furosemide given as a bolus.
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- Animals
Diuresis drug effects
Diuretics urine
Furosemide urine
Glucose pharmacology
Infusions, Intravenous
Male
Metabolic Clearance Rate
Natriuresis drug effects
Rabbits
Rehydration Solutions pharmacology
Serum Albumin metabolism
Sodium Chloride pharmacology
Time Factors
Diuretics pharmacokinetics
Furosemide pharmacokinetics
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0090-9556
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10681377