Open AccessDiuretic treatment in chronic heart failure
Author(s) -
Camelia Cristina Diaconu,
Bucureşti Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Carol Davila“,
Alice Bãlãceanu,
Mihaela Adela Iancu,
Clinica de Medicină Internă Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţă Floreasca,
Disciplina Medicină de Familie
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
romanian journal of medical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6108
pISSN - 1842-8258
DOI - 10.37897/rjmp.2016.2.10
Subject(s) - diuretic , heart failure , medicine , intensive care medicine , loop diuretic , pillar , medical therapy , cardiology , engineering , structural engineering
Heart failure is a major public health problem in developed countries. Many of the clinical manifestations of heart failure are due to congestion and fluid retention, therefore diuretic therapy occupied for a long time an important place in the management of these patients. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from the body, each of the classes of diuretics achieving this effect in a distinct manner. Given the magnitude of their effect, loop diuretics are the central pillar of diuretic therapy in many patients with heart failure. Resistance to diuretic therapy is one of the management issues for medical science, which is looking for solutions.