Demographics and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension Patients in United States Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common, yet under-diagnosed, contributor to morbidity and mortality. Our objective was to characterize the prevalence of PH among adult patients presenting to United States (US) emergency departments (ED) and to identify demographic patterns and outcomes of PH patients in the ED. METHODS:We analyzed the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) database, with a focus on ED patients aged 18 years and older, with any International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD)-9-CM or ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for PH from 2011 to 2015. The primary outcome was inpatient, all-cause mortality. The secondary outcomes were hospital admission rates and hospital length of stay (LOS). RESULTS:From 2011 to 2015, in a sample of 121,503,743 ED v

SUBMITTER: Wilcox SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7234722 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature