| Literature DB >> 10636527 |
K J Harjai1, H K Dinshaw, E Nunez, M Shah, H Thompson, T Turgut, H O Ventura.
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In 111 patients with left ventricular ejection fraction < or =30% who required hospitalization for heart failure, we examined the association between outpatient dose of diuretic agents and all-cause mortality. In comparison to patients who were not on treatment with diuretics prior to hospitalization, patients being treated with 'low' doses of diuretics (<80 mg/day of furosemide) and those being treated with 'high' doses of diuretics (> or =80 mg/day of furosemide) were more likely to die during follow-up after adjustment for other clinical parameters (adjusted relative risks, RR, 3.1 and 4.6).Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10636527 DOI： 10.1016/s0167-5273(99)00129-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Cardiol ISSN： 0167-5273 Impact factor: 4.164