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30 lis 2022 · While the aim of heart failure management should be the initiation and up-titration of guideline-directed medical therapies with a proven mortality benefit, diuretics still play an important role in the management of symptomatic congestion in all forms of heart failure.
- Diuretic Treatment in Heart Failure: A Practical Guide for Clinicians
Diuretics have been used in heart failure for decades, and...
- Diuretic Treatment in Heart Failure: A Practical Guide for Clinicians
1 kwi 2022 · For HF, there are several clinical models to consider that include the spectrum of HF based on EF and clinical setting. For chronic HF, the Seattle Heart Failure Model, 2 the Heart Failure Survival score, 1 and the MAGGIC score 3 have commonly been used to provide estimates of survival. The MAGGIC predictive model may be quite useful given its ...
30 lip 2024 · Diuretics have been used in heart failure for decades, and they remain the backbone of the contemporary management of heart failure. Loop diuretics is the preferred diuretic, and it has been given a class I recommendation by clinical guidelines for the relief of congestion symptoms [2, 3].
Loop diuretics are one of the cornerstones of treatments for heart failure, but there is sparse robust clinical trial evidence to guide use. • Understanding renal physiology and loop diuretic pharmacology is key to successful diuretic therapy.
10 cze 2020 · Diuretics act on kidneys, and as such, understanding renal physiology is pivotal to understanding the role of diuretic therapy in treating heart failure (HF). Kidneys receive about 20% of cardiac output which corresponds to about 1 L/minute.
9 mar 2020 · Effective diuretic action requires four discrete steps: 1) ingestion and gastrointestinal absorption (if given orally), 2) delivery to the kidney, 3) secretion into the tubule lumen; and 4) binding to the transport protein—each one of these steps is discussed in this review.
8 lis 2023 · Evaluation and optimization of volume status is an essential component of treatment in patients with systolic or diastolic heart failure (HF) [1]. Removal of excess extracellular fluid with diuretics to treat peripheral and/or pulmonary edema is one of the mainstays of volume management.
