Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8773608 | Kidney International | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) resistant to conventional treatment have a poor prognosis. Extracorporeal ultrafiltration (UF) appears to be the therapy of choice for short-term management of such patients with severe fluid overload, whereas peritoneal dialysis (PD) may be the therapy of choice for the long-term treatment. Fluid removal results in reduction of plasma volume, improvement of hyponatremia, reduction in pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, improvement of New York Heart Association functional heart failure class, improvement of functional rehabilitation and quality of life, reduction of hospitalizations and readmissions, as well as improvement in diuretic responsiveness. Whether extracorporeal UF and/or PD modifies the survival rate of patients with refractory CHF needs to be determined in prospective randomized controlled trials.
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Authors
N. Khalifeh, A. Vychytil, W.H. Hörl,