Relationship of Loop Diuretic Dosing and Acute Changes in Renal Function during Hospitalization for Heart Failure

Mostafa El-Refai¹, Olesya Krivospitskaya¹, Edward L. Peterson², Karen Wells², L. Keoki Williams^1,3 and David E. Lanfear^1,3,4*

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI, 48202, USA

²Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI, 48202, USA

³Center for Health Services Research, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI, 48202, USA

⁴Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI, 48202, USA

^*Corresponding Author: David E. Lanfear, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd., K14, Detroit MI, 48202, USA, Tel: (313) 916-6375, Fax: (313) 916-8799 Email: