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Effects of Exercise Testing, Training and Beta Blockade on Serum Potassium in Normal Subjects Gerald F. Fletcher, MD, Barbara J. Fletcher, RN, MN, and Mary Ellen Sweeney, MD
To evatuate the effects of exercise testing, training and B blockade on serum potassium, 40 normal subjects (24 men, 16 women, mean age 33 years) had 4 maximal exercise tests with venipuncture for serum potassium before and 140 sssonds after each test. After initial exerciss testing, they wsrs randomized to atendd 80 mg daily, atsnoiol108 mg daily, propransJol80 mg twice daily or placebo. Ail began a S-week dynamic exercise program for 8 weeks foiiowed by a l-we& drug-free washout perk& Tests were dons after weeks 1,8 and 9. A significant mean imase (p
Effects of Exercise Testing, Training and Beta Blockade on Serum Potassium in Normal Subjects Gerald F. Fletcher, MD, Barbara J. Fletcher, RN, MN, and Mary Ellen Sweeney, MD
To evatuate the effects of exercise testing, training and B blockade on serum potassium, 40 normal subjects (24 men, 16 women, mean age 33 years) had 4 maximal exercise tests with venipuncture for serum potassium before and 140 sssonds after each test. After initial exerciss testing, they wsrs randomized to atendd 80 mg daily, atsnoiol108 mg daily, propransJol80 mg twice daily or placebo. Ail began a S-week dynamic exercise program for 8 weeks foiiowed by a l-we& drug-free washout perk& Tests were dons after weeks 1,8 and 9. A significant mean imase (p
