L21- drug effects on the kidney

Diuretics

Clinical use of diuretics

Mechanisms of the clinical uses of diuretics

Hydraulic and osmotic pressures in the microvasculature

Normal mechanism in the kidney

Effects of drugs on mechanisms in the kidney.

Sodium reabsorption and how diuretics effect it

3 types of diuretics and their mechanisms:
1. Loop diuretics

3 types of diuretics and their mechanism:
2. Thiazide-type diuretics

3 types of diuretics and their mechanisms:
3. Potassium sparing diuretics

Why do loop diuretics and thiazide diuretics cause hypokalemia?

Effects of aldosterone