Changes of urinary aldosterone excretion, concurrent sodium-and potassium excretion following furosemide administration were studied in normotensive young Korean with high sodium intake, moderate sodium, restriction and marked sodium depletion. After intravenous injection of furosemd 40mg,- plasma and urine samples were collected-at every thirty minutes for two hours. Plasma-and urinary aldosterone, electrolyte concentration and urine´ flow rate were measured by means of radioimmunoassay or flamephotometry. Relations of urinary aldosterone to concurrent sodium or potassium/sodium ratio, and of urinary aldosterone to concurrent plasma aldosterone activity were studied.
Following were the results:
1. Furosemide administration resulted in a increased urinary aldosterone concentration and unchanged or somewhat decreased sodium concentration in -course of time after the injection.
2. Urinary potassium concentration showed initial decrease and subsequent increase in course of time- after. furosemide administration and it resulted in a gradual increase in urinary potassium/sodium ratio.
3. Studying the relations between urinary aldosterone excretion and potassium/sodium excretion ratio, or sodium excretion were meaningless because of the urinary flow rate after the injection was decreased :with time course.
4. Furosemide administration showed a good relationship of urinary aldosterone concentration to concurrent potassium/sodium ratio rather than concurrent sodium concentration in subjects with sodium restriction, but no meaningful relationship was detected in subjects with high sodium intake because increasing. rate of the ratio was not so wide.
5. Furosemide also resulted a reasonable relation of plasma aldosterone concentration to concurrent urinary aldosterone concentration especially during low sodium intake.
6. Above results suggested that relation of uirnary aldosterone concentration to K/Na ratio following furosemide, administration during sodium restriction is -significant and has a benefit to reduce the variation induced by kalemic change showing in the diragram for daily aldoste rone to sodium excretion.
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