...Yen-Hwang Chuang; Wan-Long Chuang; Shu-Pin Huang; Keh-Min Liu; Shun-Sheng Chen; Chun-Hsiung Huang Furosemide has been used in the diuretic renography and diuretic radionuclide scan to evaluate the severity of hydroureter and hydronephrosis. To elucidate the influence of furosemide on obstructed...

...Masayoshi Yokoyama; Hidenobu Iwata; Kenji Ochi; Masafumi Takeuchi The effects of mannitol, methylprednisolone, furosemide, inosine, indomethacin and captopril on the recovery from hydronephrosis were examined in rat kidneys. After 1 week of ureteral obstruction, left ureterocystostomy was performed...

...Yoshihiro Ayano; Kozo Yamasaki; Hidehisa Soejima; Keiichi Ikegami The relationships between the renal kallikreinkinin (K-K) and prostaglandin (PG) systems under conditions of furosemide-induced diuresis were studied in normal rats. Urinary PGE and PGF 2 Α were measured by radioimmunoassay...

...Yoshihiro Ayano; Kozo Yamasaki; Hidehisa Soejima; Keiichi Ikegami The role of the renal prostaglandin (PG) system in the renal effects of furosemide was assessed by using indomethacin, an inhibitor of PG synthetase, in conscious rats under conditions of vasopressin infusion (or dehydration...