Epidemiological aspects, clinical management and short-term outcomes in elderly patients diagnosed with acute heart failure in the emergency department in Spain : results of the EDEN-34 study

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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of acute heart failure (AHF) diagnosis in elderly patients in emergency departments (ED), diagnostic confirmation in hospitalized patients, and short-term adverse events.

METHODS: All patients aged ≥65 years attended in 52 Spanish EDs during 1 week were included and those diagnosed with AHF were selected. In hospitalized patients, those diagnosed with AHF at discharge were collected. As adverse events, in-hospital and 30-day mortality, and combined adverse event (death or hospitalization) at 30 days post-discharge were collected. Adjusted odds ratios (OR) for association of demographic variables, baseline status and constants at ED arrival with mortality and 30-day post-discharge adverse event were calculated.

RESULTS: We included 1,155 patients with AHF (annual incidence: 26.5 per 1000 inhabitants ≥65 years, 95% CI: 25.0-28.1). In 86% the diagnosis of AHF was known at discharge. Overall 30-day mortality was 10.7% and in-hospital mortality was 7.9%, and the combined event in 15.6%. In-hospital and 30-day mortality was associated with arterial hypotension (adjusted OR: 74.0, 95% CI: 5.39-1015. and 42.6, 3.74-485, respectively and hypoxemia (2.14, 1.27-3.61; and 1.87, 1.19-2.93) on arrival at the ED and requiring assistance with ambulation (2.24, 1.04-4.83; and 2.48, 1.27-4.86) and age (per 10-year increment; 1.54, 1.04-2.29; and 1.60, 1.13-2.28). The combined post-discharge adverse event was not associated with any characteristic.

CONCLUSIONS: AHF is a frequent diagnosis in elderly patients consulting in the ED. The functional impairment, age, hypotension and hypoxemia are the factors most associated with mortality.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:224

Enthalten in:

Revista clinica espanola - 224(2024), 4 vom: 25. Apr., Seite 204-216

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miró, Ò [VerfasserIn]
Llorens, P [VerfasserIn]
Aguiló, S [VerfasserIn]
Alquézar-Arbé, A [VerfasserIn]
Fernández, C [VerfasserIn]
Burillo-Putze, G [VerfasserIn]
Marcos, N C [VerfasserIn]
Marañón, A A [VerfasserIn]
Oms, G S [VerfasserIn]
Del Castillo, J G [VerfasserIn]
SIESTA* (Spanish Investigators in Emergency Situations TeAm) [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute heart failure
Geriatría
Geriatrics
Gravedad
Hospitalización
Hospitalization
Insuficiencia cardiaca aguda
Journal Article
Mortalidad
Mortality
Severity
Urgencias

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rceng.2024.02.014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369132807