Flexible diuretic titration in chronic heart failure: Where is the evidence?

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 944-954

  Piano, Mariann R ^a   Prasun, Marilyn A ^c   Stamos, Thomas ^b   Groo, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diuretics; flexible titration; heart failure; outcomes

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TITRIMETRY;

BODY WEIGHT; DIURETICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80155191273     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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