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Effect of diuretic infusion clinic in preventing hospitalization for patients with decompensating heart failure

INTRODUCTION: It is proposed that access to administering intravenous furosemide outside the hospital can contribute to lowering hospital admissions for heart failure. This study aims to evaluate the effect of outpatient furosemide infusion protocol in preventing hospitalization for patients with de...

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Autor principal: Alghalayini, Kamal Waheeb
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7339079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312120940094
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description INTRODUCTION: It is proposed that access to administering intravenous furosemide outside the hospital can contribute to lowering hospital admissions for heart failure. This study aims to evaluate the effect of outpatient furosemide infusion protocol in preventing hospitalization for patients with decompensating heart failure. This constitutes designing a viable clinical pathway in hospitals using a multidisciplinary heart failure program. METHODS: A prospective interventional study testing the effect of diuretic infusion clinic in preventing hospitalization for patients with decompensating heart failure was conducted on 150 decompensating heart failure patients requiring hospital admission. Only 105 patients met the criteria and subsequently enrolled in the study. Each patient was administered intravenous furosemide infusion one or more times according to the protocol and depending on their symptoms of decompensation. Patients were referred for admission at any point once there is no improvement of their medical condition, or referred to heart failure clinic when clinical picture improved as observed by the treating team. RESULTS: In total, 14 of 105 patients who received intravenous furosemide infusion did not respond to diuretic infusion protocol and required hospital admission while 91 patients responded to same protocol and did not require admission, P value was statistically significant in three laboratory test measures of potassium (<0.001), urea (0.004), and creatinine (0.008). Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction was observed in 70 (76.9%) responders with a mean ejection fraction of 23% and in 9 (64.3%) non-responders with mean ejection fraction of 19.9%. CONCLUSION: Outpatient intravenous furosemide infusion protocol is effective in preventing hospitalization for decompensating heart failure and a viable clinical pathway for heart failure programs.
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spelling pubmed-73390792020-07-14 Effect of diuretic infusion clinic in preventing hospitalization for patients with decompensating heart failure Alghalayini, Kamal Waheeb SAGE Open Med Original Article INTRODUCTION: It is proposed that access to administering intravenous furosemide outside the hospital can contribute to lowering hospital admissions for heart failure. This study aims to evaluate the effect of outpatient furosemide infusion protocol in preventing hospitalization for patients with decompensating heart failure. This constitutes designing a viable clinical pathway in hospitals using a multidisciplinary heart failure program. METHODS: A prospective interventional study testing the effect of diuretic infusion clinic in preventing hospitalization for patients with decompensating heart failure was conducted on 150 decompensating heart failure patients requiring hospital admission. Only 105 patients met the criteria and subsequently enrolled in the study. Each patient was administered intravenous furosemide infusion one or more times according to the protocol and depending on their symptoms of decompensation. Patients were referred for admission at any point once there is no improvement of their medical condition, or referred to heart failure clinic when clinical picture improved as observed by the treating team. RESULTS: In total, 14 of 105 patients who received intravenous furosemide infusion did not respond to diuretic infusion protocol and required hospital admission while 91 patients responded to same protocol and did not require admission, P value was statistically significant in three laboratory test measures of potassium (<0.001), urea (0.004), and creatinine (0.008). Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction was observed in 70 (76.9%) responders with a mean ejection fraction of 23% and in 9 (64.3%) non-responders with mean ejection fraction of 19.9%. CONCLUSION: Outpatient intravenous furosemide infusion protocol is effective in preventing hospitalization for decompensating heart failure and a viable clinical pathway for heart failure programs. SAGE Publications 2020-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7339079/ /pubmed/32670579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312120940094 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_short Effect of diuretic infusion clinic in preventing hospitalization for patients with decompensating heart failure
title_sort effect of diuretic infusion clinic in preventing hospitalization for patients with decompensating heart failure
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7339079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670579
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