JA Lindenfeld… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - Am Coll Cardio Found Loop diuretics are used in patients with heart failure (HF) to relieve symptoms of systemic and pulmonary venous congestion. Despite their nearly universal use for this indication, loop diuretics have not been shown to improve survival—indeed, a number of recent studies suggest an ... Related articles
JM Testani, TP Cappola… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Am Coll Cardio Found Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a surrogate for renal neurohormonal activation, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), could identify patients destined to experience adverse outcomes associated with the use of high-dose loop diuretics (HDLD). Related articles
TB Gardner - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2011 - Am Med Assoc For many clinicians, the Ranson criteria remain the gold standard for risk stratification in acute pancreatitis. 1 Developed in the early 1970s as a clinical prediction model, the criteria rely on 5 admission parameters and six 48-hour parameters to determine whether severe ... Related articles - All 2 versions
BU Wu, OJ Bakker, GI Papachristou… - Archives of Internal …, 2011 - Am Med Assoc Methods We performed a secondary analysis of 3 prospective AP cohort studies: Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), June 2005 through May 2009; the Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group (DPSG), March 2004 through March 2007; and the University of Pittsburgh Medical ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 2 versions
M Balakrishnan, R Tucker, BE Stephens… - Journal of …, 2011 - nature.com In total, 359 separate BUN and HCO 3 − values were analyzed. Each gram per kilogram of protein administered was associated with an increase in mean BUN of 3.3 mg/dl. This effect decreased daily by 2.1 mg/dl. Each gram per kilogram of protein administered was associated with a ... All 3 versions