Sodium Chloride vs. Glucose Solute as a Volume Replacement Therapy During Decongestion in Acute Heart Failure

"At baseline, patients will receive a standardised dose of furosemide 1mg/kg (half of the dose administered as bolus and half as in 2h infusion).~At the 6th and the 12th hour of the study patients will be reassessed and the need for additional diuretics."

Continuous 48h infusion of 0.9% sodium chloride at a fixed rate v= 83 ml/h x 24h = 2l/24h

Continuous 48h infusion of 5% Glucose at a fixed rate v= 83 ml/h x 24h = 2l/24h