Hospitalization for acute heart failure: the in-hospital care pathway predicts one-year readmission.

ABSTRACT: In patients with heart failure, some organizational and modifiable factors could be prognostic factors. We aimed to assess the association between the in-hospital care pathways during hospitalization for acute heart failure and the risk of readmission. This retrospective study included all elderly patients who were hospitalized for acute heart failure at the Universitary Hospital Lariboisière (Paris) during 2013. We collected the wards attended, length of stay, admission and discharge types, diagnostic procedures, and heart failure discharge treatment. The clinical factors were the specific medical conditions, left ventricular ejection fraction, type of heart failure syndrome, sex, smoking status, and age. Consistent groups of in-hospital care pathways were built using an ascending hierarc

SUBMITTER: Duflos C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7327074 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature