Risk factors and clinical outcomes of functional decline during hospitalisation in very old patients with acute decompensated heart failure: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of functional decline during hospitalisation and its relationship with postdischarge outcomes in very old patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) hospitalisation.

Design

Prospective cohort study between 1 October 2014 and 31 March 2016.

Setting

A physician-initiated, multicentre study of consecutive patients admitted for ADHF in 19 hospitals throughout Japan.

Participants

Among 3555 patients hospitalised for ADHF (median age (IQR), 80 (71-86) years; 1572 (44%) women), functional decline during the index hospitalisation occurred in 528 patients (15%).

Primary and secondary outcomes

The primary outcome measure was a composite of all-cause death or heart failure (HF) hospitalisation aft

SUBMITTER: Yaku H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044905 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature