#69 Inpatient Heart Failure: 5 Pearls Segment

Packed with so many clinically relevant points taking care of a patient with decompensated heart failure on general medicine floors!

Time Stamps:

* 03:17 What are the key initial clinical variables in evaluating heart failure admissions?

* 10:09 What are key lab findings for patients with heart failure exacerbation?

* 17:14 Which guideline-directed medical therapy, and in what circumstances?

* 22:12 What are diuretics dosing strategies and monitoring tips to help guide initial volume removal?

* 28:43 What role do thiazides and ultrafiltration play in diuresis, why does diuretic-induced metabolic alkalosis happen and what should you do about it?

* 38:09 Expert Recap

Show notes, transcript and references: https://www.coreimpodcast.com/2020/06/24/5-pearls-on-inpatient-heart-failure/ (https://www.coreimpodcast.com/2020/06/24/5-pearls-on-inpatient-heart-failure/)

ACP CME: https://www.acponline.org/cme-moc/cme/internal-medicine-podcasts/core-im (https://www.acponline.org/cme-moc/cme/internal-medicine-podcasts/core-im)

Tag: Cardiology, BNP, cardiorenal syndrome, beta-blockers, CoreIM, IMCore

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