Prognostic impact of hospital-acquired disability in elderly patients with heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Functional decline is associated with worse outcomes in patients with elderly heart failure (HF), but little is known about the prognostic impact of hospital-acquired disability (HAD) during hospital stay after acute HF. The present study examines the prognostic significance of HAD in the prediction of all-cause mortality in elderly patients who admitted for acute HF.

Methods and results

This retrospective study was performed in 1941 elderly patients aged ≥65 years or older from the cardiovascular physiotherapy for acute HF patients in the Tokyo metropolitan area registry and excluded those who died in hospital. HAD was defined as any decline in the Barthel index (BI) before discharge compared with the BI within 1 month before hospital admission. The primary outcome of

SUBMITTER: Saitoh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8120367 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature