Role of the Furosemide Stress Test in Renal Injury Prognosis.

ABSTRACT: Risk stratification and accurate patient prognosis are pending issues in the management of patients with kidney disease. The furosemide stress test (FST) has been proposed as a low-cost, fast, safe, and easy-to-perform test to assess tubular integrity, especially when compared to novel plasma and urinary biomarkers. However, the findings regarding its clinical use published so far provide insufficient evidence to recommend the generalized application of the test in daily clinical routine. Dosage, timing, and clinical outcomes of the FST proposed thus far have been significantly different, which further accentuates the need for standardization in the application of the test in order to facilitate the comparison of results between series. This review will summarize published research regardi

SUBMITTER: Coca A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7247682 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature