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2014 March (2010 Scheme) · 40 marks · 120 min

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Rationale for use of frusemide in acute pulmonary edema

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Furosemide is used in acute pulmonary oedema because, in addition to its diuretic action (which reduces circulating volume/preload over minutes to hours), it produces a rapid venodilator effect within minutes of IV administration — independent of its diuretic action — which quickly reduces venous return and pulmonary capillary pressure, providing prompt symptomatic relief of breathlessness even before significant diuresis has occurred.

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