NBME 21 Furosemide (NBME Answers)

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nbme21/Block 4/Question#44 (41.7 difficulty score)
A 28-year-old woman with chronic renal ...
Furosemide🔍,📺
tags: diuretics renal GFR

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submitted by hungrybox(1110),

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peridot I think what threw me off was that this lady had such low GFR, figured it couldn't be right. Turns out it's still ok. Furosemide is a miracle drug!! +

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submitted by soscrying(8),

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ta my nu,i ew lrtaen ahtt at rewlo ,FRG pool uiiecdtrs slitl .kowr Tta'hs hyw ouy olusdh ues htem ni nealr air.feul esaiziThd udlwo ton rkwo ihwt a GFR of &30l;.t

qball Dang, you actually learned something at your school? Lucky. +17

lowyield At our med school they teach us that Thiazide anti-HTN function is primarily from it's direct effects on vasculature rather than it's diuretic effects. Somehow directly affects the vasculature which is not well understood but this is linked to why Thiazides have greater efficacy in African American Populations. That's kinda why i figured it wouldn't be the best diuretic in this case. +2

brotherimodu lowyield but interesting +

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submitted by thepromise(62),

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claptain HCTZ and acetazolamide would also deplete potassium, they are just not as strong of diuretics. To be potassium-sparing, it has to have effect at the collecting ducts. Any diuretic that works before the collecting ducts will increase the concentration of sodium going to the collecting ducts and stimulate sodium/potassium exchange at the collecting ducts, potentially leading to decreases in potassium +3

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submitted by mcl(618),

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submitted by basic_pathology(12),

Loop diuretics are 90% bonded to proteins and are secreted into the proximal convoluted tubule through organic anion transporter 1 (OAT-1), OAT-2, and ABCC4. Thus, there use is not dependent on GFR.

Thiazide diuretics are filtered via the glomerular apparatus, thus their use is dependent on GFR.

Use loops during low GFR states. Use thiazides in normal GFR states (to prevent compensatory Na/Cl reabsorption at the distal tubule when using a loop).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_diuretic