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April 1, 1986HeartOpen Access

Ultrafiltration in the management of refractory congestive heart failure.

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Why the study?

Does ultrafiltration improve symptoms and hemodynamics in patients with refractory congestive heart failure?

Population

9 patients with congestive cardiac failure that was refractory to conventional medical treatment and gross…

Design

Case_series

Follow-up

18 hours for haemodynamic effects

Authors

ISIan A. SimpsonMonash HealthARA P RaeUniversity of NottinghamKSK. SimpsonGlasgow Royal Infirmary

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Overview

May support ultrafiltration for refractory HF symptom relief; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does ultrafiltration improve symptoms and hemodynamics in patients with refractory congestive heart failure?

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Population
9 patients with congestive cardiac failure that was refractory to conventional medical treatment and gross oedema
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Intervention
Ultrafiltration
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Outcome
Symptomatic improvement and fluid removalsurrogate

Ultrafiltration can safely relieve symptoms and remove significant fluid in patients with refractory congestive heart failure and gross edema.

Cite This Study

Simpson et al. (1986) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e128afe8427622e9532ebhttps://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.55.4.344

Topics

Heart failureHFrEF treatmentHeart failure hospitalization
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