NIH R01 · 2024
Advanced Kidney Health Monitoring in Persons Hospitalized with Heart Failure
PROJECT SUMMARY Heart failure leads to >1.4 million hospitalizations annually in the U.S. During these acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) hospitalizations, the kidneys’ health influences almost every aspect of management, including initial diuretic dosing, treatment intensification, and discharge planning. However, clinical reliance on serum creatinine, an insensitive, nonspecific and often misleading kidney biomarker, substantially contributes to suboptimal ADHF treatment. Although guidelines suggest that clinicians use the patient’s kidney function as an indicator for the initial diuretic dose, the creatinine is actually a poor predictor of diuretic response and clinicians must…
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