Readmission following both cardiac and non-cardiac acute dyspnoea is associated with a striking risk of death.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Readmission and mortality are the most common and often combined endpoints in acute heart failure (AHF) trials, but an association between these two outcomes is poorly investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether unplanned readmission is associated with a greater subsequent risk of death in patients with acute dyspnoea due to cardiac and non-cardiac causes.

Methods and results

Derivation cohort (1371 patients from the LEDA study) and validation cohort (1986 patients from the BASEL V study) included acute dyspnoea patients admitted to the emergency department. Cox regression analysis was used to determine the association of 6 month readmission and the risk of 1 year all-cause mortality in AHF and non-AHF patients and those readmitted due to cardiovascular

SUBMITTER: Cerlinskaite K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8318470 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature