Prediction of rehospitalization in patients with acute heart failure using point-of-care lung ultrasound.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than 50% of patients admitted for acute heart failure are discharged with residual pulmonary congestion. Residual pulmonary congestion at discharge is associated with rehospitalization and death within 6 months after discharge. B-lines detected by lung ultrasound are the sonographic manifestation of pulmonary congestion, a major predictor of morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure. The present study was performed to evaluate the prognostic value of B-lines at discharge for prediction of rehospitalization and death at 6 months in patients with acute heart failure.

Methods

This study involved a prospective cohort of 126 patients admitted to Ramathibodi Hospital for acute heart failure (mean age, 69 ± 15 years). B-lines and the size of the inferio

SUBMITTER: Rattarasarn I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310393 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature