CHICAGO -- The choice between furosemide and torsemide didn't matter for longer-term clinical outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients, according to the comparative effectiveness trial ...

Purpose. The management of loop diuretic resistance in the intensive care unit (ICU) is reviewed. Summary. Volume overload, a common complication of fluid resuscitation, is frequently encountered in ...

Loop diuretics are cornerstone therapies for the relief of congestion in patients with heart failure. By inhibiting the Na⁺‐K⁺‐2Cl⁻ cotransporter in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle, ...

Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretic use and dose, and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction ...

BARCELONA, Spain—Patients with heart failure (HF) who are predicted to have a high risk of diuretic resistance tend to fare worse no matter whether they wind up taking furosemide or torsemide, with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Acute and chronic HF are associated with sodium retention leading to volume overload and edema. Much of the ...

AAPM: Methadone Not First Drug of Choice for Chronic Pain A review in the Cochrane Library identified nine randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to determine dose-related decreases in systolic and/or ...

The use of loop diuretics does not appear to be associated with changes in bone mineral density, falls or fractures in postmenopausal women, according to a report in the January 26 issue of Archives ...

Finerenone reduced heart failure events and cardiovascular deaths in patients with HFmrEF or HFpEF when used with diuretics. The study found finerenone reduced hypokalemia risk but increased ...

The second mechanism is post-diuretic effect, a compensatory sodium-retention process that begins as the diuretic action wanes. [4] Technically, postdiuretic sodium retention is not diuretic ...