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Chronic heart failure is one of the most common and prognostically adverse disease of cardiovascular system. Presence of chronic heart failure is associated with poor quality of life.
N. G. Ryndinа +2 more
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Background Readmission following hospital discharge is common and is a major financial burden on healthcare systems. Objectives Our objectives were to 1) identify studies describing post-discharge interventions and their efficacy with respect to reducing risk of mortality and rate of hospital readmission; and 2) identify intervention characteristics
Ryan J. Bamforth +8 more
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Potassium binders are essential tools to treat hyperkalemia, particularly in patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease. One of the drug-related complications is constipation, which further worsens heart failure by increasing afterload and ...
Teruhiko Imamura, Koichiro Kinugawa
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Protective Effect of Forced Hydration with Isotonic Saline, Potassium Chloride and Magnesium Sulfate on Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity: An Initial Evaluation [PDF]
Background: Nephrotoxicity is one of the major side-effects of cisplatin that has been seen in about 20% of treated patients. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a forced hydration protocol comprised of isotonic saline, potassium ...
Seyed Seifollah Beladi Mousavi +6 more
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Role of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors in heart failure and chronic kidney disease
Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors are the key medications for patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease. Multiple randomized controlled trials have demonstrated their benefits in an outpatient setting for the treatment ...
Namrata Singhania +5 more
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Mechanism of tonifying-kidney Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of chronic heart failure
According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), chronic heart failure has the basic pathological characteristics of “heart-kidney yang deficiency.” Chronic heart failure with heart- and kidney-Yang deficiency has good overlap with New York Heart ...
Lizhen Chen +3 more
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Background: Aldosterone (ALD) plays an important role in the progression of HF and may be increased in HF due to activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). Hyperkalemia (HK) may also increase ALD and limits the use of RAAS inhibitors (RAASi). Patiromer, a nonabsorbed K+ binder,
Bertram Pitt +6 more
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: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of gratitude training on reducing depression levels among patients with chronic kidney failure undergoing hemodialysis therapy. The study used a single-subject experimental design with the A-
Ahmad Fikry Ghazali +2 more
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BackgroundPrevious studies have shown that the triglyceride glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI) is associated with cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cognition. Its relationship with mental health remains underexplored.
Yanqin Li +10 more
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Management of hyperkalaemia in acute kidney injury in a heart failure patient with patiromer
Aims One prevalent comorbidity of chronic heart failure (CHF) is chronic kidney disease(CKD). Hyperkalemia is associated with both CHF and CKD, which often leads to withdrawal of heart failure medications in clinical praxis. Methods and results A patient
Jonathan Slawik +3 more
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