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-====== Furosemide for pediatric IIH ======+====== Furosemide for Pediatric Patients ======
  
-==== Dosing ====+==== Dosing for IIH ==== 
 +  * 0.4-0.6 mg/kg/day divided BID 
  
-==== References ====+==== Monitoring ==== 
 +  * Measure at Baseline and ongoing:  
 +    * Serum BUN, Creatinine, Potassium 
 +  * Other tests to consider 
 +    * CO2, Sodium 
 +    * CBC, Platelets 
 +    * Liver function tests 
 +      * alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), serum bilirubin, prothrombin time (PT), the international normalized ratio (INR), total protein and albumin. 
 +    * If diabetic measure blood/urine glucose  
 +    * Renal Ultrasound if suspected obstructive hydronephrosis
  
 +==== References ====
  
-  * [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499921/|Stat Pearls]]+  * [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499921/|Stat Pearls for Furosemide]] 
 +  * [[ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482489/#|Liver Function Tests]]
  
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