Emergency Heart failure Mortality Risk Grade may help to reduce heart failure admissions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hospital admissions for heart failure (HF) are frequent and pose a heavy burden on health care resources. Currently, the decision to hospitalise is based on clinical judgement rather than on prognostic risk stratification. The Emergency Heart failure Mortality Risk Grade (EHMRG) was recently developed to identify high-risk HF patients in the emergency department (ED).

Objective

To assess the ability of the EHMRG to predict 30-day mortality in Dutch HF patients visiting the ED and to evaluate whether the EHMRG could help to reduce the number of hospital admissions for decompensated HF.

Methods

Patients visiting the ED for decompensated HF were included. The decision to hospitalise or discharge was based on clinical judgement. The EHMRG was calculated retro

SUBMITTER: van Hattem NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9402862 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature