Outpatient intravenous diuretic therapy; potential for marked reduction in hospitalisations for acute decompensated heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-272

  Ryder, Mary ^a   Murphy, Niamh F ^a   McCaffrey, Dermot ^a   O'Loughlin, Christina ^a   Ledwidge, Mark ^a   McDonald, Kenneth ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Disease management programme; Heart failure; Intravenous diuretics; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; STATINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; UREA;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DIURETICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40249102956     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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