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Role of Diuretics and Ultrafiltration in Congestive Heart Failure
Volume overload in heart failure (HF) results from neurohumoral activation causing renal sodium and water retention secondary to arterial underfilling. Volume overload not only causes signs and symptoms of congestion, but can impact myocardial remodeling
Jo Ann Lindenfeld +3 more
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Influence of case definition on incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndromes [PDF]
© 2016, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objective: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are common, but their incidence and outcome might depend greatly on how data are collected.
Alamgir, Farqad +11 more
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As antiretroviral therapy (ART) prolongs lifespans, people with HIV (PWH) face a new syndemic: Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic (CKM) syndrome. Yet CKM in PWH is poorly characterized. Inflammation, complex pharmacokinetic (PK) alterations, ART‐associated metabolic effects, and gut dysbiosis amplify risk. Managing CKM increases medication burden, thereby
Aaron S. Devanathan, Thomas D. Nolin
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Limited evidence exists synthesizing the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with the concomitant administration of multiple nephrotoxic drugs, and even less examining the concept of nephrotoxic burden. The objective of this scoping review was to (1) identify definitions of nephrotoxic burden; (2) methods used to quantify (use of calculations)
Wafa Alatawi +6 more
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Atrial flutter ablation in a case of diuretic resistant constrictive pericarditis
We present a 66 year old gentleman with constrictive pericarditis and persistent atrial flutter. Initial management with oral loop diuretics was successful until he developed persistent atrial flutter.
James F. Pittaway +4 more
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Enteral Sodium Chloride Supplementation and Fluid Balance in Children Receiving Diuretics
The use of sodium chloride (NaCl) supplementation in children being prescribed diuretics is controversial due to concerns that supplementation could lead to fluid retention.
Laura Ortmann +2 more
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Advantages of the new loop diuretic torasemide over furosemide in patients with cirrhosis and ascites [PDF]
Torasemide is a new loop diuretic with a longer half-life and longer action than furosemide in healthy subjects. In order to evaluate the pharmacodynamic effects, single oral doses of furosemide (80 mg) and torasemide (20 mg), which were equipotent in ...
Bertheau-Reitha, Ute +4 more
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Abstract Aim Heart failure (HF) is a highly prevalent condition managed in both primary care (PC) and hospital care (HC)‐based settings. HF patients managed in these two settings may differ in their demography, comorbidities and outcomes, so we aimed to compare the patient management in PC and HC in the Västra Götaland Region (VGR) in Sweden.
Xiaojing Chen +4 more
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Diuretic therapy in acute decompensated heart failure
Episodes of congestion characterize the disease course of patients with heart failure, resulting in a high morbidity with the need for urgent hospitalization.
Evelyne Meekers +2 more
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Drug-drug interactions in repeat prescriptions at village dispensaries (bereg) in Malta [PDF]
Inappropriate treatments and drug-drug interactions (DDIs) are known to occur in settings where repeat prescriptions are issued. In view of this, a study was carried out to document any such problematic drug prescribing and propose changes that would
Bugeja, Anton
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