Increased Mortality in Patients With Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Toronto, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in a reduction in patients seeking timely consultation for illnesses that are not related to COVID-19. Previously, we reported a decline in the number of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic vs that in 2019. We aimed to determine the consequences of these early trends on ADHF-patient morbidity and mortality.

Methods

We compared consecutive patients presenting with ADHF to 3 academic medical centres in Toronto, Canada from March 1-September 28, 2020, vs those from the same time period in 2019. We used multivariate logistic regression models to evaluate whether the odds of hospitalization after presenting to the ED, recurre

SUBMITTER: Buchan TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9221741 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature