The HEARTRISK6 Scale: Predicting Short-Term Serious Outcomes in Emergency Department Acute Heart Failure Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute heart failure (AHF) is a common emergency department (ED) presentation that may have poor outcomes but often does not require hospital admission. There is little evidence to guide dispositional decisions.

Objectives

The authors sought to create a risk score for predicting short-term serious outcomes (SSO) in patients with AHF.

Methods

We pooled data from 3 prospective cohorts: 2 published studies and 1 new cohort. The 3 cohorts prospectively enrolled patients who required treatment for AHF at 10 tertiary care hospital EDs. The primary outcome was SSO, defined as death <30 days, intubation or noninvasive ventilation (NIV), myocardial infarction, or relapse to ED <14 days. The logistic regression model evaluated 13 predictors, used an AIC-based step-dow

SUBMITTER: Stiell IG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11313032 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature