Causes and predictors of recurrent unplanned hospital admissions in heart failure patients: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Despite progress in therapy, heart failure (HF) inflicts a heavy burden of hospital admissions. In this study, we identified among 1360 community-dwelling HF patients (mean age 70.7 ± 11.3 years, 72.5% men) subgroups sharing similar profiles of unplanned hospital admissions, based on the admission causes and frequency of each cause. Hospital discharge summaries were reviewed for the main admission cause. Patient subgroups were identified via cluster analysis. We investigated baseline predictors associated with these subgroups, using multinomial logistic models. During 3421 patient-years, there were 5192 hospital admissions, of which 4252 (82%) were unplanned. We identified five patient subgroups (clusters 1-5) with distinctive hospitalization profiles. HF accounted for approximately one-th

SUBMITTER: Kalter-Leibovici O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11582252 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature