Early follow-up at outpatient care after discharge improves long-term heart failure readmission rate and prognosis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

It has been reported that congestive heart failure (CHF) readmission has not decreased in the last decade. It is also reported that CHF readmission is likely to occur shortly after discharge. We investigated whether an early follow-up at outpatient care within 2 weeks after discharge affects the long-term readmission rate and prognosis.

Methods and results

We reviewed consecutive 1002 patients admitted to our hospital due to CHF. Two-hundred and fifty-nine patients who died in-hospital or were transferred to another hospital or readmitted within 2 weeks were excluded and 743 of discharged patients were analysed. We extracted contributing variables associated with heart failure (HF) readmission and the composite adverse outcome (all cause death or HF readmissions) by uni

SUBMITTER: Matsukawa R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8318498 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature