Use and diagnostic value of liver enzyme tests in the emergency department and subsequent heart failure diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine (1) if liver function tests (LFTs) are ordered in the emergency department (ED) in patients with suspected acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and (2) if the pattern of LFT abnormalities are meaningfully associated with a discharge diagnosis of ADHF among patients for whom these tests were ordered.

Setting

We conducted a single-centre retrospective cohort study of patients with suspected ADHF who were seen in an academic tertiary ED using electronic medical records.

Participants

All ED patients admitted with suspected ADHF from January 2017 to May 2018, defined as any patient who had a brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) ordered.

Primary outcome

The primary outcome was ADHF diagnosis at discharge.

Results

In 5323 ED patients with

SUBMITTER: Vasti E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8968565 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature