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Congestive heart failure

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Therapy

Resistant cases
  • Add a thiazide. c

Why?

  • 90% of patients with severe heart failure and fluid retention resistant to loop diuretics who receive thiazide diuretics in addition achieve a diuresis. c
  • Bendrofluazide or metolazone are probably equally effective. d

 

Expiry date: June 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   B   Lee
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , CJ   Wotton , A   Yates