
#109 Hyponatremia Management Part 1: 5 Pearls Segment
Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast
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Is Lasix Preventing Free Water From Working?
H actually needs two things to happen to reabsorb free water. The insertion of aqua porins and a gradient so that the water will want to move back in the body. Ad h leads to the insertion of aquaporins in the collecting duct. Once the oquoporns are in place, water can move from the urine in back into the interstition of the kidney. But oqaporns are passive rih. They don't actively transport water. So without that gradient, those poor little aquiporns are basically just hanging out all by. Oh, that makes a lot of sense. Is it? To really understandhow lasix prevents a dh from working,
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