(HealthDay News) — For new starters of loop diuretics, empiric potassium supplementation is associated with reduced risk of all-cause death, according to a study published online July 16 in PLOS ONE.

Alternative decongestion strategies might be needed in those deemed resistant to loop diuretics, says Ambarish Pandey.

Study finds no significant difference in hospitalization and death rates between patients who had a loop diuretic prescription at the time of peritoneal dialysis vs those who did not. Loop diuretic ...

Over time, the retention of sodium leads to crackles, peripheral edema, hepatomegaly with ascites, increased blood volume, and increased cardiac filling pressures. Although diuretics do not directly ...

A higher dose of loop diuretics was associated with more rapid skeletal muscle depletion and shorter survival in patients with liver cirrhosis, independent of the severity of disease, Japanese ...

September 21, 2009 (Boston, Massachusetts) — With newer drugs bombing out so frequently in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) randomized trials, some that have been around a while are looking ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Combining blood pressure medications, such as a long-acting calcium channel blocker with an ACE inhibitor or ARB, is often more effective than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a cross-sectional analysis, researchers examined 176,448 adults receiving center-based maintenance ...

A new analysis suggests that finerenone (Kerendia), a newer heart failure medication, may help older adults rely less on high doses of water pills. The findings come from the large FINEARTS-HF ...