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Blood pressure lowering efficacy of potassium‐sparing diuretics (that block the epithelial sodium channel) for primary hypertension

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008167.pub3Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 14 November 2012see what's new
Type:
  1. Intervention
Stage:
  1. Review
Cochrane Editorial Group:

  1. Cochrane Hypertension Group

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2012 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Balraj S Heran

    Correspondence to: Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  • Jenny MH Chen

    Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

  • Josh J Wang

    Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Windsor Program), University of Western Ontario, Windsor, Canada

  • James M Wright

    Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Contributions of authors

  • Dr. Balraj S. Heran designed the search strategy, undertook the search, screened the search results, collected data for the review, screened the retrieved papers against the eligibility criteria, appraised the risk of bias of the included studies, extracted the data from the included studies, entered data into RevMan, analyzed and interpreted the data, and wrote the first draft of the review.

  • Jenny M.H. Chen extracted data and appraised the risk of bias of all included studies.

  • Josh J. Wang screened the search results and the retrieved papers against the eligibility criteria.

  • Dr. James M. Wright conceived and designed the review, assisted with the analysis and interpretation of data, as well as provided a clinical perspective.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Departments of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada.

External sources

  • British Columbia Ministry of Health Grant to the Therapeutics Initiative, Canada.

Declarations of interest

None known.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by the Cochrane Hypertension Group and in particular Mr. Stephen Adams who retrieved the papers for this review.

Tha authors would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by Mr. Ciprian Jauca who translated the original text from German articles and screened them against the eligibility criteria.

Version history

Published

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Authors

Version

2012 Nov 14

Blood pressure lowering efficacy of potassium‐sparing diuretics (that block the epithelial sodium channel) for primary hypertension

Review

Balraj S Heran, Jenny MH Chen, Josh J Wang, James M Wright

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008167.pub3

2010 Jan 20

Blood pressure lowering efficacy of potassium‐sparing diuretics (that block the epithelial sodium channel) for primary hypertension

Review

Balraj S Heran, Jenny MH Chen, Josh J Wang, James M Wright

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008167.pub2

2009 Oct 07

Blood pressure lowering efficacy of potassium‐sparing diuretics (that block the epithelial sodium channel) for primary hypertension

Protocol

Josh J Wang, Balraj S Heran, James M Wright

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008167

Differences between protocol and review

There are no differences between the protocol and the published review.