Why the study?
Does furosemide alter the spatial distribution of pulmonary blood flow in resting and exercising horses?
Population
5 Thoroughbred horses
Comparison
Furosemide 0.5 mg/kg iv vs Prefurosemide (baseline before administration)
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
4 hours
Authors
Loading...
Hypothesis-generating in equine athletes; leaves open translation to human exercise or cardiopulmonary disease.
Does furosemide alter the spatial distribution of pulmonary blood flow in resting and exercising horses?
In Thoroughbred horses, furosemide alters resting pulmonary blood flow distribution, though exercise-induced redistribution still occurs.
Erickson et al. (1999) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 4 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: