Thiazide Diuretics Nursing Implications & Drug Study THIAZIDE DIURETICS GENERAL DESCRIPTION Thiazide diuretics appeared as a result to synthesize more potent carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Like CAI and some loop diuretics, thiazide diuretics also has unsubstituted sulphonamide group which is the main functional group for its diuretic activity. Thiazide diuretics are more effective in patients with … Read more
Osmotic diuretics: Nursing Care & Drug Study OSMOTIC DIURETICS General Description: Osmotic diuretics are the type of diuretics that induce osmotic diuresis in the kidney and thus decrease the plasma volume and controls blood pressure. Osmotic diuretic contains such type of drugs that are highly permeable and secrets into the lumen and increase solute concentration thus … Read more
Diuretics Nursing Care and Drug Study Diuretics Diuretic is an agent that increases urine volume, while a ‘natriuretic’ causes increase in renal sodium excretion. It is a golden rule, water leads to follow sodium, where sodium goes water follows it, therefore natriuretic are usually called diuretics. Diuretics decreases blood pressure broadly by two actions : by … Read more