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Diuretics

Carefully monitor elderly patients who take diuretics. Age-related changes in CV and renal function make the elderly patient more susceptible to excessive diuresis, which may lead to dehydration, hypovolemia, hyponatremia, hypomagnesemia, and hypokalemia.

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