Microtransitions: A Crevice in the Bridge Before It Cracks
Mrs. P is an 82-year-old retired farmer ’s wife, functionally independent at baseline, who was admitted to post-acute care services at a skilled nursing facility for debility after a seven-day hospital stay for acute exacerbation of her chronic systolic and diastolic heart failure. Her rehabilitation stay was complicated by a weight gai n of five pounds in the first week. Her follow-up evaluation at the heart failure clinic (one week after her hospital discharge) recommended intravenous furosemide, for which she was directly transferred to the heart failure clinic’s outpatient infusion center. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - February 22, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Sandeep R. Pagali, Sing Palat, Aval Na-Ree S. Green Tags: Transitions of Care Source Type: news
What to D.O.: Nebulized Furosemide Makes All the Difference for Patients with Dyspnea at the End of Life
No abstract available (Source: Emergency Medicine News)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - August 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: What to D.O. Source Type: news
Torsemide Over Furosemide as First-Line Loop Diuretic for HF Torsemide Over Furosemide as First-Line Loop Diuretic for HF
' One thing we do for no reason is use furosemide rather than torsemide as loop diuretic for patients with heart failure, ' said an expert.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - May 7, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Hospital Medicine News Source Type: news
Furosemide (Furosemide Tablets) - new on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - October 29, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Kentucky adopts new horse racing safety reforms, bans controversial drug
As both external and internal pressure mounts on the horse racing industry, Kentucky ’s regulatory agency has enacted new safety reforms, including a ban on a controversial drug.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted this week to start phasing out the race day use of Lasix, according to a news release. Lasix is another name for the diuretic furosemide and is administered to horses to reduce or prevent bleeding from exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhages brought on by intense workouts.
According… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 11, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Marty Finley Source Type: news
furosemide (Lasix)
Title: furosemide (Lasix)Category: MedicationsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/27/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet High Blood Pressure General)
Source: MedicineNet High Blood Pressure General - June 27, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Lasix (furosemide) vs. thiazide diuretics
Title: Lasix (furosemide) vs. thiazide diureticsCategory: MedicationsCreated: 6/10/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/10/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - June 10, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Lasix (furosemide) vs. Zaroxolyn (metolazone)
Title: Lasix (furosemide) vs. Zaroxolyn (metolazone)Category: MedicationsCreated: 6/10/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/10/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - June 10, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Lasix (furosemide) vs. hydrochlorothiazide
Title: Lasix (furosemide) vs. hydrochlorothiazideCategory: MedicationsCreated: 6/7/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/7/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - June 7, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Lasix (furosemide) vs. Edecrin (ethacrynic acid)
Title: Lasix (furosemide) vs. Edecrin (ethacrynic acid)Category: MedicationsCreated: 6/7/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/7/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - June 7, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Lasix (furosemide) vs. Demadex (torsemide)
Title: Lasix (furosemide) vs. Demadex (torsemide)Category: MedicationsCreated: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Heart General)
Source: MedicineNet Heart General - June 6, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Lasix (furosemide) vs. bumetanide
Title: Lasix (furosemide) vs. bumetanideCategory: MedicationsCreated: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Heart General)
Source: MedicineNet Heart General - June 6, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Less Is More: Going Off Furosemide Can Be Safe in HF Outpatients Less Is More: Going Off Furosemide Can Be Safe in HF Outpatients
' Optimal meds ' doesn ' t always mean higher doses. It can mean ' having people on the right regimen, ' said an observer of the trial. Sometimes with loop diuretics, ' maybe the correct dose is a lower dose. 'Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - May 29, 2019 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Can'Controlled Diuresis' Avoid Diuretic Resistance in Acute HF? Can'Controlled Diuresis' Avoid Diuretic Resistance in Acute HF?
Based on the tiny TARGET study, hopes are that controlled volume depletion using a proprietary device in acute heart failure could help clinicians push furosemide while avoiding diuretic resistance.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - May 27, 2019 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
SCA Pharmaceuticals LLC. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Furosemide 100 mg in 0.9% Sodium Chloride due to Presence of Precipitate
, SCA Pharmaceuticals LLC ( “SCA Pharma”) is voluntarily recalling 7 lots of the injectable product Furosemide 100 mg in 0.9% Sodium Chloride 100 mg bag to the consumer level. This product is being recalled for visible particulate matter believed to be furosemide precipitate. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - May 24, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
