Discordance between estimated and measured changes in plasma volume among patients with acute heart failure.
Jutta S SwolinskyEnkhtuvshin TuvshinbatDavid M LeistnerFrank EdelmannFabian KnebelNiklas P NergerCaroline LemkeRobert RoehleMichael HaaseMaria Rosa CostanzoGeraldine RauchVeselin MitrovicEdis GasaninDaniel MeierPeter A McCulloughKai-Uwe EckardtBruce A MolitorisKai M Schmidt-OttPublished in: ESC heart failure (2021)
Changes of Hb or Hct were not reflective of directly measured changes of intravascular volume status in AHF patients. Basing clinical assessment of decongestion on changes of Hb or Hct may misguide clinical decision-making on an individual patient level.