Could you pleas help with this? Break it down as simply as possible…confuses the heck out of me :) it’s really serum potassium level that confuses me 3. A patient is prescribed a diuretic that increasespotassium excretion. What do you expect tohappen to serum potassium levels? What signsand symptoms may be present?

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Could you pleas help with this? Break it down as simply as possible…confuses the heck out of me :) it’s really serum potassium level that confuses me

3. A patient is prescribed a diuretic that increases
potassium excretion. What do you expect to
happen to serum potassium levels? What signs
and symptoms may be present?

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The group of drugs which are involved in increasing the production of urine are called as diuretics. They are classified into many types depending upon which renal structure they are acting on and the effect of these diuretics on the volume and composition of urine and electrolyte balance of the body.

Thiazides, loop diuretics and potassium sparing diuretics are the most common diuretics.