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Which patients with chronic kidney disease and volume overload do you treat with home subcutaneous furosemide instead of admitting for IV diuresis?

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Which patients with CKD and volume overload do you treat with home subcutaneous furosemide instead of admitting for IV diuresis?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
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There are many options here. Higher doses of oral furosemide. Torsemide and bumetanide, which have very high bioavailability, subcutaneous furosemide, or admission. We can also combine loop diuretics with thiazides, which often results in a dramatic amount of diuresis. If the patient is critically i...

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Nephrology · Rush Medical College
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I have never used it; 80 mg is 10 mL, which seems like a lot to inject subcutaneously. But again, I have no experience. I would prefer to stay oral and increase the dose and add either metolazone or Aldactone as needed.

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