The EPICTER score: a bedside and easy tool to predict mortality at 6 months in acute heart failure

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Aims

Estimating the prognosis in heart failure (HF) is important to decide when to refer to palliative care (PC). Our objective was to develop a tool to identify the probability of death within 6 months in patients admitted with acute HF.

Methods and results

A total of 2848 patients admitted with HF in 74 Spanish hospitals were prospectively included and followed for 6 months. Each factor independently associated with death in the derivation cohort (60% of the sample) was assigned a prognostic weight, and a risk score was calculated. The accuracy of the score was verified in the validation cohort. The characteristics of the population were as follows: advanced age (mean 78 years), equal representation of men and women, significant comorbidity, and predominance of

SUBMITTER: Romero‐Correa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9288794 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature