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JOURNAL ARTICLE
OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Temporal trends in nitrate utilization for acute heart failure in elderly emergency patients: A single-centre observational study.
Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases 2016 August
BACKGROUND: We previously conducted a pilot study that reported the safety of isosorbide dinitrate boluses for elderly emergency patients with acute heart failure syndrome.
AIMS: To assess the temporal trend in the rate of elderly patients treated with isosorbide dinitrate, and to evaluate subsequent outcome differences.
METHODS: This was a single-centre study. We compared patients aged>75 years who attended the emergency department with a primary diagnosis of acute pulmonary oedema in the years 2007 and 2014. The primary endpoint was the rate of patients who received isosorbide dinitrate boluses in the emergency department. Secondary endpoints included in-hospital mortality, need for intensive care and length of stay.
RESULTS: We analysed 368 charts, 232 from patients included in 2014 (63%) and 136 in 2007 (37%). The mean age was 85±6 years in both groups. There was a significant rise in the rate of patients treated with isosorbide dinitrate between 2007 and 2014: 97 patients (42%) in 2014 vs. 24 patients (18%) in 2007 (P<0.01). Comparing the two periods, we report similar in-hospital mortality rates (8% vs. 11%; P=0.5), rates of admission to the intensive care unit (13% vs. 17%; P=0.3) and lengths of stay (10 days in both groups).
CONCLUSION: We observed a significant rise in the rate of elderly patients treated with isosorbide dinitrate boluses for acute heart failure. However, we did not observe any significant improvement in outcomes.
AIMS: To assess the temporal trend in the rate of elderly patients treated with isosorbide dinitrate, and to evaluate subsequent outcome differences.
METHODS: This was a single-centre study. We compared patients aged>75 years who attended the emergency department with a primary diagnosis of acute pulmonary oedema in the years 2007 and 2014. The primary endpoint was the rate of patients who received isosorbide dinitrate boluses in the emergency department. Secondary endpoints included in-hospital mortality, need for intensive care and length of stay.
RESULTS: We analysed 368 charts, 232 from patients included in 2014 (63%) and 136 in 2007 (37%). The mean age was 85±6 years in both groups. There was a significant rise in the rate of patients treated with isosorbide dinitrate between 2007 and 2014: 97 patients (42%) in 2014 vs. 24 patients (18%) in 2007 (P<0.01). Comparing the two periods, we report similar in-hospital mortality rates (8% vs. 11%; P=0.5), rates of admission to the intensive care unit (13% vs. 17%; P=0.3) and lengths of stay (10 days in both groups).
CONCLUSION: We observed a significant rise in the rate of elderly patients treated with isosorbide dinitrate boluses for acute heart failure. However, we did not observe any significant improvement in outcomes.
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