Hospitalization for acute heart failure during non-working hours impacts on long-term mortality: the REPORT-HF registry.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Hospital admission during nighttime and off hours may affect the outcome of patients with various cardiovascular conditions due to suboptimal resources and personnel availability, but data for acute heart failure remain controversial. Therefore, we studied outcomes of acute heart failure patients according to their time of admission from the global International Registry to assess medical practice with lOngitudinal obseRvation for Treatment of Heart Failure.

Methods and results

Overall, 18 553 acute heart failure patients were divided according to time of admission into 'morning' (7:00-14:59), 'evening' (15:00-22:59), and 'night' (23:00-06:59) shift groups. Patients were also dichotomized to admission during 'working hours' (9:00-16:59 during standard working days) and

SUBMITTER: Katsanos S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10567635 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature