However, this standard approach often fails as CHF progresses and diuretic resistance occurs. In the management of diuretic resistance, appropriate attention should first be given to optimizing ...

In such cases, the use of diuretics as part of their treatment becomes not just a choice but a necessity. Diuretics eliminate excess bodily fluids, increasing urine production (Sawka & Montain, 2000).

Immediately after admission one or two twenty-four-hour control urine specimens were obtained, depending on the urgency for beginning diuretic therapy. In 1 patient (D. G) the need for therapy was ...

Furosemide is the most widely prescribed loop diuretic in the setting of systolic heart failure (HF), yet torsemide has been shown to have less inter- and intra-individual variation in ...