Telehealth-aided outpatient management of acute heart failure in a specialist virtual ward compared with standard care.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim of this propensity score matched cohort study was to assess the outcomes of telehealth-guided outpatient management of acute heart failure (HF) in our virtual ward (HFVW) compared with hospitalized acute HF patients.

Methods and results

This cohort study (May 2022-October 2023) assessed outcomes of telehealth-guided outpatient acute HF management using bolus intravenous furosemide in a HF-specialist VW. Propensity score matching (PSM) was performed using logistic regression to adjust for potential differences in baseline patient characteristics between HFVW and standard care [Get With The Guidelines-HF score, clinical frailty score (CFS), Charlson co-morbidity index (CCI), NT-proBNP, and ejection fraction]. Clinical outcomes (re-hospitalizations and mortality) w

SUBMITTER: Sankaranarayanan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11631251 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature