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Title: | Spot Urinary Sodium Measurements: the Future Direction of the Treatment and Follow-up of Patients with Heart Failure | Authors: | MEEKERS, Evelyne MULLENS, Wilfried |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | SPRINGERNATURE | Source: | Current heart failure reports, 20 (1) , p. 88 -100 | Abstract: | Purpose of Review Heart failure is characterized by episodes of congestion with need for hospitalization. The current metrics lack the accuracy to predict and prevent episodes of congestion and to guide diuretic titration to reach euvolemia in case of decompensation. This article aims to provide answers to the role of urinary sodium measurements in acute and chronic heart failure. Recent Findings In acute heart failure, urinary sodium concentrations at the moment of admission and after diuretic administration are correlated with short- and long-term outcome. As this is a reflection of the degree of sodium retention, it can be used as a guide in the diuretic titration. In chronic heart failure, it might be used to predict and consequently prevent episodes of decompensation. Summary Urinary sodium measurements hold great promises to be a novel diagnostic and therapeutic parameter in patients with acute and chronic heart failure. However, more research is needed. | Notes: | Meekers, E (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Univ Laan 1, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium.; Meekers, E (corresponding author), Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, B-3600 Genk, Belgium. evelyne.meekers@zol.be; wilfried.mullens@zol.be |
Keywords: | Heart failure;Cardiorenal interactions;Natriuresis;Urinary sodium | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/39770 | ISSN: | 1546-9530 | e-ISSN: | 1546-9549 | DOI: | 10.1007/s11897-023-00591-4 | ISI #: | 000936353300001 | Rights: | The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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