Why the study?
Do glucocorticoids improve diuresis in patients with heart failure and diuretic resistance?
Do glucocorticoids improve diuresis in patients with heart failure and diuretic resistance?
Glucocorticoids may offer a therapeutic strategy to potentiate diuresis and overcome loop diuretic resistance in heart failure patients.
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May support adjunctive use in diuretic-resistant HF; leaves open efficacy and safety pending randomized trials.
Liu et al. (2014) studied this question.
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