Once Versus Twice Daily Electrolyte Monitoring in CHF

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

Twice daily basic metabolic panel's or labs are common practice at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. However, it is unclear how often the second BMP each day is acted on. the investigators project aims to answer a few fundamental questions about the need for twice daily labs in patients hospitalized with acute/subacute-decompensated congestive heart failure who are being actively diuresed.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02497742

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

96

Starts

2015-10-01

Expected to finish

2017-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Acute decompensated Heart failure (ADHF)
• actively being diuresed (home dose or greater of diuretics)
• presentation within 24 hr of enrollment
• having a history of chronic HF.

You may not qualify if…

• First time heart failure diagnosis
• systolic blood pressure < 90mmHg
• patients requiring inotropes (other than digoxin) or milrinone
• estimated glomerular filtration rate <10.

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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