European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 30-34 , January 2009

Safety of furosemide administration in an elderly woman recovered from thiazide-induced hyponatremia

  • Safia Fadel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, 808, route de Lennik 1070 Brussels Belgium, Université Libre de Bruxelles, U.L.B, Belgium
    • ,
  • Rafik Karmali

      Affiliations

    • Departement on Internal Medicine, CHU Brugmann., 4, place Van Gehuchten 1020 Brussels, Belgium, Université Libre de Bruxelles, U.L.B, Belgium
    • ,
  • Elie Cogan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, 808, route de Lennik 1070 Brussels Belgium, Université Libre de Bruxelles, U.L.B, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of internal medicine, Hôpital Erasme, 808, route de Lennik 1070 Brussels Belgium. Tel.: +3225553806; fax: +3225553211.

Received 21 October 2007 ,Revised 20 March 2008 ,Accepted 25 April 2008.

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PII: S0953-6205(08)00135-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.04.006

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 30-34 , January 2009

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