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1. Using oxygen as diuretic

   vigilante86 replied to daisy2daisy's topic in MICU

   I totally agree that oxygen itself isnt considered a diuretic but it does have an indirect diuretic effect. If someone were to implement that as a means to stimulate an increase in urine output it would be more supportive then anything. Like if the p...

2. Using oxygen as diuretic

   vigilante86 replied to daisy2daisy's topic in MICU

   Oxygen is actually a vasodilator, not constrictor, which makes sense because it would increase renal perfusion. Hypertension decreases renal perfusion. In patients with CHF it's used because it reduces pulmonary vascular resistance by dilating the pu...