Peritoneal ultrafiltration in patients with advanced decompensated heart failure.
Authors: Iadarola GM, Lusardi P, La Milia V, Amici G, Santarelli S, Virga G, Basile C, Bertoli S, Bonofiglio R, Del Rosso G, Feriani M, Galli E, Gallieni M, Gambaro G, Sandrini M, Sisca S, Cancarini G
Abstract
The aim of the Best Practice guidelines on peritoneal ultrafiltration (UF) in patients with treatment-resistant advanced decompensated heart failure (TR-AHDF) is to achieve a common approach to the management of decompensated heart failure in those situations in which all conventional treatment options have been unsuccessful, and to stimulate a closer cooperation between nephrologists and cardiologists. The standardization of the case series of different centers would allow a better definition of the results published in the literature, without which they are nothing more tha...