Analysis of the association between atrial fibrillation with in-hospital mortality in people admitted for community-acquired pneumonia through an observational, nation-wide, sex-stratified study.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to analyze the influence of atrial fibrillation (AF) prior to hospital admission ("prevalent") and AF diagnosed during hospital admission ("incident") on in-hospital mortality (IHM) in women and men admitted for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Spain (2016-2019). We used the Spanish Register of Specialized Care-Basic Minimum Database. We analyzed 519,750 cases of CAP in people ≥ 18 years (213,631 women (41.1%)), out of which people with prevalent AF represented 23.75% (N = 123,440), whereas people with incident AF constituted 0.60% (N = 3154). Versus no AF, crude IHM was significantly higher for prevalent AF (15.24% vs. 11.40%, p < 0.001) and for incident AF (23.84% vs. 12.24%, p < 0.001). After propensity score marching, IHM in women and men with prevalent AF neared IHM in w

SUBMITTER: de-Miguel-Yanes JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9402531 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature