PREVENTION OF WORSENING RENAL FUNCTION OF INTRAVENUS ALBUMIN IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. hemodynamic collapse (at least one of the following: systolic blood pressure (BP) \< 90 mmHg, or BP drop by \>= 40 mmHg for \>= 15 min, with end-organ hypoperfusion; need for inotropes (except of digoxin); need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
• •2. hepatic dysfunction of other than cardiac etiology
• •3. severe anemia (Hb\<8 g/dL)
• •4. uncontrolled hypertension or hypertensive emergency/urgency
• •5. pulmonary edema or pulmonary congestion necessitating use of IV vasodilators
• •6. serum creatinine \> 3 mg/dL or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \< 30 ml/min