Continuous Versus Bolus Dosing of Furosemide for Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1794-1797

  Allen, Larry A ^a   Turer, Aslan T ^b   DeWald, Tracy ^c   Stough, Wendy Gattis ^d   Cotter, Gadi ^e   O'Connor, Christopher M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Momentum Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TORASEMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIURESIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CREATININE; DIURETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUROSEMIDE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953121435     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.01.355     Document Type: Article

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