Contemporary Decongestion Strategies in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure A National Community-Based Cohort Study
Zheng J, Ambrosy A, Bhatt A, Collins S, Flint K, Fonarow G, Fudim M, Greene S, Lala A, Testani J, Varshney A, Wi R, Sandhu A. Contemporary Decongestion Strategies in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure A National Community-Based Cohort Study. JACC Heart Failure 2024, 12: 1381-1392. PMID: 38678466, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPredictors of weight lossHeart failureWeight lossHF hospitalizationPatient-level electronic health record dataCommunity-based health systemAssociated with less weight lossContinuous diuretic infusionsElectronic health record dataCommunity-based cohort studyAssociated with greater weight lossHealth record dataGreater weight lossBackground Heart failureEstimated weight lossLess weight lossAdjunctive diureticsDiuretic infusionAcute HFSerum creatinineClinical predictorsDecongestion strategiesAdmission weightStudy cohortDischarge weight