C J Romero-Carrete, A Alquézar-Arbé, S Herrera Mateo, Pere Llorens, Víctor Gil, David Curtelin, Javier Jacob, Pablo Herrero, María Pilar Lopez Díez, Lluís Llauger, María Luisa López-Grima, Cristina Gil, Josep Tost, Carmen Agüera Urbano, Begoña Espinosa, M Campos-Meneses, G Fernandez, A Torres, Rosa Escoda, Enrique Martín, José Manuel Garrido, Francisco Javier Lucas-Imbernón, Esther Rodríguez-Adrada, Raquel Torres Garate, Juan Antonio Andueza, Frank Peacock, Òscar Miró
To investigate whether the timing of a previous hospital admission for acute heart failure (AHF) is a prognostic factor for AHF patients revisiting the emergency department (ED) in the subsequent 12-month follow-up. All ED AHF patients enrolled in the previously described EAHFE registry were stratified by the presence or absence of an AHF hospitalization admission in the prior 12 months. The primary outcome was 12-month all-cause mortality post ED visit. Secondary end points were hospital admission, prolonged hospitalization (> 7 days), mortality during hospitalization and a 90-day post-discharge adverse composite event (ACE) rate, defined as ED revisits due to AHF, hospitalizations due to AHF, or all-cause mortality...
March 11, 2024: Internal and Emergency Medicine