Clinical implications of the blood urea nitrogen/creatinine ratio in heart failure are and their association with haemoconcentration
ConclusionsA higher BUN/creatinine ratio at discharge was independently associated with higher post ‐discharge all‐cause mortality in patients with ADHF. The predictive value of a high BUN/creatinine ratio at discharge was haemoconcentration dependent and may be an unfavourable predictor in patients showing excessive haemoconcentration and haemodilution, but not in those showing modest haemoco ncentration/haemodilution.
Source: ESC Heart Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Yasumori Sujino,
Shintaro Nakano,
Jun Tanno,
Yasuyuki Shiraishi,
Ayumi Goda,
Atsushi Mizuno,
Yuji Nagatomo,
Takashi Kohno,
Toshihiro Muramatsu,
Shigeyuki Nishimura,
Shun Kohsaka,
Tsutomu Yoshikawa,
for the West Tokyo Heart Failure Registry Inv Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research