Sex and age differences in atypical chief complaints for acute decompensated heart failure in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

About one million United States emergency department (ED) visits annually are due to acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) symptoms. Characterizing the presentation of ED symptoms among ADHF patients may improve clinical care; however, sex and age differences in ED chief complaints have not been thoroughly investigated. In this paper, we describe differences in chief complaints and comorbid conditions for ED patients with ADHF diagnoses, stratified by sex and age.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of adults presenting to North Carolina EDs using the North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT), a statewide syndromic surveillance system, between 2010 and 2016, screening for patients with a diagnosis of ADHF. We e

SUBMITTER: Regan ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12010806 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature