Management of Acute Heart Failure in Spanish Emergency Departments Based on Age

To investigate possible age-related differences in the profile, clinical symptoms, management, and short-term outcomes of patients seen for acute heart failure in Spanish emergency departments. We performed a multipurpose, multicenter study with prospective follow-up including all patients with acut...

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Published in:Revista española de cardiología (English ed.) 2013-09, Vol.66 (9), p.715-720
Main Authors: Martín-Sánchez, Francisco Javier, Marino-Genicio, Rocío, Rodríguez-Adrada, Esther, Jacob, Javier, Herrero, Pablo, Miró, Òscar, Llorens, Pere, Ribera-Casado, José Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Acute heart failure
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anciano
Elderly
Emergency department
Emergency Medical Services - methods
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Failure - therapy
Humans
Insuficiencia cardiaca aguda
Male
Prospective Studies
Servicio de urgencias
Spain
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Summary:To investigate possible age-related differences in the profile, clinical symptoms, management, and short-term outcomes of patients seen for acute heart failure in Spanish emergency departments. We performed a multipurpose, multicenter study with prospective follow-up including all patients with acute heart failure attended in 29 Spanish emergency departments. The following variables were collected: demographic, personal history, geriatric syndromes, data of acute episode, discharge destination, in-hospital and 30-day mortality and 30-day revisit. The sample was divided into 4 age groups:
ISSN:1885-5857
1885-5857
DOI:10.1016/j.rec.2013.04.019