Empiric Potassium Supplementation and Increased Survival in Users of Loop Diuretics

Charles E. Leonard; Hanieh Razzaghi; Cristin P. Freeman; Jason A. Roy; Craig W. Newcomb; Sean Hennessy

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102279

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Empiric Potassium Supplementation and Increased Survival in Users of Loop Diuretics

Charles E. Leonard ,

* E-mail: celeonar@upenn.edu

Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Hanieh Razzaghi,

Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Cristin P. Freeman,

Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jason A. Roy,

Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Craig W. Newcomb,

Affiliation Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Sean Hennessy

Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Empiric Potassium Supplementation and Increased Survival in Users of Loop Diuretics

Charles E. Leonard,
Hanieh Razzaghi,
Cristin P. Freeman,
Jason A. Roy,
Craig W. Newcomb,
Sean Hennessy

Published: July 16, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102279

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