what are the Recommendations for Diuretics and Decongestion Strategies in
Patients With HF
Referenced studies that support the recommendations are
summarized in the Online Data Supplements.?
For patients with HF and congestive symptoms, addition of a thiazide (eg, metolazone) to treat- ment with a loop diuretic should be reserved for patients who do not respond to moderate- or high-dose loop diuretics to minimize electro- lyte abnormalities.