Intensive care unit versus high-dependency care unit for patients with acute heart failure: a nationwide propensity score-matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A structure and staffing model similar to that in general intensive care unit (ICUs) is applied to cardiac intensive care unit (CICUs) for patients with acute heart failure. However, there is limited evidence on the structure and staffing model of CICUs. The present study aimed to assess whether critical care for patients with acute heart failure in the ICUs is associated with improved outcomes than care in the high-dependency care units (HDUs), the hospital units in which patient care levels and costs are between the levels found in the ICU and general ward.

Methods

This nationwide, propensity score-matched, retrospective cohort study was performed using a national administrative inpatient database in Japan. We identified all patients who were hospitalized for ac

SUBMITTER: Ohbe H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8686245 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature