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leen
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04/27/06 - 12:40 PM

FA says that mannitol is CI in anuria....can any one pl explain why?

while kaplan says that it is used in preventing anuria in rhabdomyolysis.......arent both the contradictory statements?

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robin082006
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04/27/06 - 01:00 PM

manitol may be used in acute tubular necrosis (Furosemide is more preferable), that is my clinical experience.

FA may be wrong.

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04/27/06 - 10:16 PM

Mannitol is an osmotic diuretic and it can precipitate or worsen renal failure ( if given during times of prerenal azotemia), so even in patients of cerebral oedema , when mannitol is given it is given only after prior administration of furosemide.

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