Presentation, Management, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with Acute Heart Failure in South India by Sex: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective, Interrupted Time Series Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sex differences in presentation, management, and outcomes of heart failure (HF) have been observed, but it is uncertain whether these differences exist in South India.

Objective

We describe sex differences in presentation, management, and in-hospital outcomes in patients hospitalized with HF in South India and explore sex-based differences in the effect of the quality improvement intervention in a secondary analysis of a prospective, interrupted time series study.

Methods

The Heart Failure Quality Improvement in Kerala (HF QUIK) study evaluated the effect of a quality improvement toolkit on process of care measures and clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with HF in eight hospitals in Kerala using an interrupted time series design from February 2018 t

SUBMITTER: Agarwal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485866 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature