[Use of diuretics in the treatment of patients with viral hepatitis]. / Primenenie mochegonnykh sredstv pri lechenii bol'nykh virusnym gepatitom.

The effectiveness of intensification of diuresis by means of hypothiaside and furosemide has been studied during treatment of 135 patients with viral hepatitis A and B. Both these agents were found to posses the same effect which was manifested by lessening of the intoxication syndrome, total blood toxicity and convalescence terms. A therapeutic effect of diuretics is most pronounced in moderately severe form of the disease.