Key result
Ultrafiltration is reviewed as a feasible alternative to traditional oral and intravenous diuretics for managing volume overload in patients with symptomatic heart failure.
Why the study?
Does ultrafiltration improve the management of volume overload in patients with heart failure compared to traditional diuretics?
Does ultrafiltration improve the management of volume overload in patients with heart failure compared to traditional diuretics?
This review discusses the feasibility and existing literature on using ultrafiltration as an alternative to traditional diuretics for managing volume overload in heart failure.
May support ultrafiltration evaluation in select heart failure cases; leaves open comparative efficacy versus diuretics pending randomized trials.
Managing volume overload is essential for the treatment of symptomatic heart failure. Traditionally, it is achieved with oral and intravenous diuretics. Alternatively, the excess fluid can be removed via ultrafiltration. Modern technology has made this latter option more feasible than before for routine clinical practice. In this article we review the existing literature on the use of ultrafiltration for treating volume overload states in patients with heart failure.
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Guglin et al. (2007) conducted a review in Heart failure. Ultrafiltration vs. Oral and intravenous diuretics was evaluated. Ultrafiltration is reviewed as a feasible alternative to traditional oral and intravenous diuretics for managing volume overload in patients with symptomatic heart failure.
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