Short and Long Term Prognosis of Patients Admitted to the ED With Acute Heart Failure
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Acute Heart Failure. Basic parameters: 18 years — 80 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Tunisia
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Short and Long Term Prognosis of Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department With Acute Heart Failure
Overview
Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization ,rehospitalization and mortality for adults over 65 years of age. This study aimed to assess mortality, and hospitalization rates at 30 days and one year after dicharge of patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) compared to HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Primary outcome measures
- Death or readmission rates [Time frame: within 365 days after hospital discharge]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Death or readmission rates [Time frame: within 30 days after hospital discharge]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- patients admitted to the ED of Monastir with a principal discharge diagnosis code for HF.
Exclusion criteria
- Pregnant or breast feeding women. Alteration of consciousness GCS < 15 Critically ill patients needing immediate mechanical hemodynamic of ventilatory support.
Inability to follow instructions or comply with follow-up procedures.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Tunisia · 1 center
- Emergency Departement — Monastir
Publications
- Castello LM, Molinari L, Renghi A, Peruzzi E, Capponi A, Avanzi GC, Pirisi M. Acute decompensated heart failure in the emergency department: Identification of early predictors of outcome. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jul;96(27):e7401. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000007401. PMID 28682895
- Searle J, Frick J, Mockel M. Acute heart failure facts and numbers: acute heart failure populations. ESC Heart Fail. 2016 Jun;3(2):65-70. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12092. Epub 2016 Apr 25. PMID 27818780
Identifiers
NCT: NCT03806972 · CRF