Hemodynamics, fluids & transfusion

Efficacy and Safety of Hypertonic Saline Solution With Loop Diuretics in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Acta Anaesthesiol ScandPublished Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

Study context

Population
Patients hospitalised with acute HF
Planned comparison
Hypertonic saline solution (HSS) added to IV loop diuretics vs placebo or another control
Primary endpoint
All-cause mortality
Methodological detailstrial sequential analysis, Cochrane risk of bias tool version 2, grading of recommendations, assessment, development and evaluations (GRADE) and confidence in network meta-analysis (CINEMA) certainty assessment, Search planned to begin in May 2025
  • Trial sequential analysis
  • Cochrane risk of bias tool version 2
  • GRADE and CINEMA certainty assessment
  • Search planned to begin in May 2025

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Original publication

Efficacy and Safety of Hypertonic Saline Solution With Loop Diuretics in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 19 June 2025. doi:10.1111/aas.70070

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