CHA2DS2-VASc score as a predictor of clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with and without chronic kidney disease

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BACKGROUND: High CHA2DS2-VASc score (Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age > 75 years, Diabetes mellitus, prior Stroke or transient ischemic attack or thromboembolism, Vascular disease, Age 65-74 and Sex category) was associated with adverse clinical outcomes in different settings. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between CHA2DS2-VASc score and R2CHA2DS2-VASc score (which includes renal impairment) with in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay in patients hospitalized in an internal medicine ward.

METHODS: We enrolled 983 consecutive patients admitted during 3 years in an internal medicine ward. R2CHA2DS2-VASc score was calculated by adding 2 points to CHA2DS2-VASc for the presence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), defined according to K-DOQI. The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause mortality and length of hospital stay > 10 days.

RESULTS: Patients with CKD stages 3-5 presented with increased CHA2DS2-VASc vs stages 1-2 (p < 0.001). The composite outcome occurred in 47.3% of inpatients. Multivariable linear logistic regression analyses adjusted for presence of infectious diseases and cancer, with the occurrence of composite outcome showed an adjusted OR of 1.349 (95% CI 1.248-1.462) and 1.254 (95% CI 1.179-1.336) for CHA2DS2-VASc and R2CHA2DS2-VASc scores, respectively. No differences were found in the association between CHA2DS2-VASc and R2CHA2DS2-VASc scores with the composite outcome (AUC 0.631 vs 0.630), and furthermore, adding the presence/absence of infectious diseases during hospitalization and positive cancer history to the models increased the AUC (0.667 and 0.663).

CONCLUSIONS: Incrementally higher CHA2DS2-VASc score is associated with increased length of hospital stay and mortality in patients hospitalized in an internal medicine ward, regardless of the presence of CKD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Journal of nephrology - 37(2024), 2 vom: 28. März, Seite 409-417

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gigante, Antonietta [VerfasserIn]
Imbimbo, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Andreini, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Proietti, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Palladino, Mariangela [VerfasserIn]
Molfino, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Alunni Fegatelli, Danilo [VerfasserIn]
Muscaritoli, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]

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CHA2DS2-VASc score
Chronic kidney disease
Internal medicine, mortality, length of stay
Journal Article

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Date Completed 25.04.2024

Date Revised 27.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40620-023-01805-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364302887