Outdoor temperature and survival benefit of empiric potassium in users of furosemide in US Medicaid enrollees: a cohort study
Nam Y, Bilker W, Leonard C, Bell M, Hennessy S. Outdoor temperature and survival benefit of empiric potassium in users of furosemide in US Medicaid enrollees: a cohort study. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e023809. PMID: 30777859, PMCID: PMC6398730, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with elevated all-cause mortalityMedicaid enrolleesElevated all-cause mortalitySurvival benefitYears prior to cohort entryAll-cause mortalityMedicare claimsCohort entryFurosemide prescriptionPropensity score matched cohortMedicaid claimsOutpatient settingScore-matched cohortNon-usersEnrolleesMedicaidStudy objectiveUS statesMortality rateMatched cohortPotassium depletionFurosemideMortalityCohortHeat-induced sweating