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Descriptor English: Potassium Acetate
Descriptor Spanish: Acetato de Potasio
Descriptor acetato potásico
Entry term(s) acetato de potasio
Scope note: Sal potásica utilizada para reponer ELECTRÓLITOS con el fin de restaurar el EQUILIBRIO HIDROELECTROLÍTICO, y como alcalinizante urinario y sistémico. Puede administrarse por vía oral o en infusión intravenosa. En el pasado se utilizó en formulaciones de DIURÉTICOS y EXPECTORANTES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Acetato de Potássio
Descriptor French: Acétate de potassium
Entry term(s): Acetate, Potassium
Tree number(s): D01.745.312
D02.241.081.018.165.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019347
Scope note: A potassium salt used to replenish ELECTROLYTES, for restoration of WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE, as well as a urinary and systemic alkalizer, which can be administered orally or by intravenous infusion. Formerly, it was used in DIURETICS and EXPECTORANTS.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Acetates
Registry Number: M911911U02
Previous Indexing: Acetic Acids (1981-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97; POTASSIUM ACETATE was indexed under ACETIC ACIDS 1981-96
Online Note: use ACETIC ACID (NM) to search POTASSIUM ACETATE 1981-96
History Note: 97; POTASSIUM ACETATE was SY to ACETIC ACID GLACIAL (NM) 1981-96
DeCS ID: 32970
Unique ID: D019347
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Potassium Acetate - Preferred
Concept UI M0028800
Scope note A potassium salt used to replenish ELECTROLYTES, for restoration of WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE, as well as a urinary and systemic alkalizer, which can be administered orally or by intravenous infusion. Formerly, it was used in DIURETICS and EXPECTORANTS.
Preferred term Potassium Acetate
Entry term(s) Acetate, Potassium



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