"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diuretics, Osmotic" by people in Profiles.
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Kamel H, Navi BB, Nakagawa K, Hemphill JC, Ko NU. Hypertonic saline versus mannitol for the treatment of elevated intracranial pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Crit Care Med. 2011 Mar; 39(3):554-9.
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Kiyoshima A, Kudo K, Goto Y, Tobimatsu S, Ikeda N. Changes of the cerebral mannitol concentrations in the course of brain death of a rodent model. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2004 Apr; 6(2):117-24.
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Kiyoshima A, Kudo K, Nishida N, Ikeda N. HPLC simultaneous determination of glycerol and mannitol in human tissues for forensic analysis. Forensic Sci Int. 2002 Feb 18; 125(2-3):127-33.
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Fisher AR, Jones P, Barlow P, Kennington S, Saville S, Farrimond J, Yacoub M. The influence of mannitol on renal function during and after open-heart surgery. Perfusion. 1998 May; 13(3):181-6.