One-year readmissions for circulatory diseases and in-hospital mortality after an index episode of heart failure in elderly patients. A nationwide data from public hospitals in Spain between 2016 and 2018

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INTRODUCTION: Heart failure (HF) is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and death in elderly patients. However, there is limited evidence on readmission and mortality 1-year after discharge for HF.

METHODS: Retrospective analysis of the Minimum Basic Data Set, including HF episodes, discharged from Spanish hospitals between 2016 and 2018 in ≥ 75 years. We calculated: (a) the rate of readmissions due to circulatory system diseases (CSD) 365 days after index episode; (b) in-hospital mortality in readmissions; and (c) predictors of mortality and readmission.

RESULTS: We included 178,523 patients (59.2% women) aged 85.1 ± 5.5 years. The most frequent comorbidities were arrhythmias (56.0%) and renal failure (39.5%). During the follow-up, 48,932 patients (27.4%) had at least one readmission for CSD and a crude rate of 40.2%, the most frequent one HF (52.8%). The median between the date of readmission and discharge from the last admission was 70 days [IQI 24; 171] for the first readmission. The most relevant predictors of the number of readmissions were valvular heart disease and myocardial ischemia. During the readmissions, 26,757 patients (79.1%) died, representing a cumulative in-hospital mortality of 47,945 (26.9%). The factors in the index episode predictors of mortality during readmissions were cardio-respiratory failure and stroke. The number of readmissions was a risk factor for in-hospital mortality (OR 1.13; 95% CI 1.11-1.14).

CONCLUSIONS: The readmission rate for CSD 1-year after the index episode of HF in patients ≥ 75 years was 28.4%. The cumulative in-hospital mortality rate during the readmissions was 26.9%, and the number of rehospitalizations was identified as one of the main predictors of mortality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:112

Enthalten in:

Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society - 112(2023), 8 vom: 12. Aug., Seite 1119-1128

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Esteban-Fernández, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Anguita-Sánchez, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Bonilla-Palomas, Juan Luis [VerfasserIn]
Anguita-Gámez, María [VerfasserIn]
Rosillo, Nicolás [VerfasserIn]
Del Prado, Náyade [VerfasserIn]
Bernal, José Luis [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Pérez, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Rozas, Inmaculada [VerfasserIn]
Gómez-Doblas, Juan José [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Villacastin, Julián [VerfasserIn]
Elola, Francisco Javier [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Elderly patients
Heart failure
In-hospital mortality
Journal Article
One-year follow-up
Readmission

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Date Completed 21.07.2023

Date Revised 21.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00392-023-02202-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355458330