These data come from reports of ototoxicity of 6.4% with furosemide compared with 1 and <1% for bumetanide and torsemide, respectively. [38] Acute kidney failure is an unpredictable event that can ...

Heart failure is a chronic (long-term) disease that may have periods of worsening symptoms, known as heart failure exacerbation or flares. These are serious and may require treatment in a hospital.

[38] In the setting of refractory edema (inadequate diuretic response after 120 mg oral furosemide), 10 CHF patients were administered furosemide infusions titrated to clinically adequate diuresis.