Relation of a Simple Cardiac Co-Morbidity Count and Cardiovascular Readmission After a Heart Failure Hospitalization.

ABSTRACT: Although several risk calculators are available to determine risk for readmission following a heart failure (HF) hospitalization, none provide information on cause-specific readmission. Understanding risk for cause-specific readmission could aid in developing a targeted approach to reducing readmissions. We sought to determine if a simple cardiac co-morbidity count could identify individuals at high risk for a cardiovascular (CV) readmission following a HF hospitalization. Using the Nationwide Readmissions Database, we examined nonfatal hospital discharges with a principal diagnosis of HF. We calculated a 0 to 3 cardiac co-morbidity count based on the presence of coronary artery disease, atrial arrhythmia, and/or ventricular arrhythmia. We used a multinomial logistic regression to determin

SUBMITTER: Visaria A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8819501 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature