Start i.v. loop diuretics in the emergency department or clinic setting for significant fluid overload (class I, level B). The initial i.v. dose should equal or exceed the long-term oral daily dose.

Antihypertensive drugs have been linked to new-onset atrial fibrillation (NAF); however, the way in which these drugs affect the development of NAF in hypertensive patients has not been thoroughly ...

Thiazide-type diuretics should be the drug of choice for initial therapy of hypertension. For the patients who cannot take a thiazide-type diuretic (which should be an unusual circumstance), calcium ...