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Fernández Alonso C, Fuentes Ferrer ME, García-Lamberechts EJ, Aguiló Mir S, Jiménez S, Jacob J, Piñera Salmerón P, Gil-Rodrigo A, Llorens P, Burillo-Putze G, Alquezar-Arbé A, Bretones Baena S, Fernández Cardona M, Hernández González R, Moreno Martín M, Barnes Parra A, El Farh I, Valle Borrego B, Quero Motto E, Artieda Larrañaga A, Soy Ferrer E, Hong Cho JU, Gros Bañeres B, Gayoso Martín S, Sánchez Sindín G, Prieto Zapico A, Cirera Lorenzo I, Guardiola Tey JM, Llauger L, González Del Castillo J, Miró Ò. Impact of dementia on 30-, 180-, and 365-day mortality during the first pandemic wave in older adults seen in spanish emergency departments diagnosed with or without COVID-19. Aging Ment Health 2024:1-9. [PMID: 38597417 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2337144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To assess whether dementia is an independent predictor of death after a hospital emergency department (ED) visit by older adults with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis during the first pandemic wave. METHOD We used data from the EDEN-Covid (Emergency Department and Elderly Needs during Covid) cohort formed by all patients ≥65 years seen in 52 Spanish EDs from March 30 to April 5, 2020. The association of prior history of dementia with mortality at 30, 180 and 365 d was evaluated in the overall sample and according to a COVID-19 or non COVID diagnosis. RESULTS We included 9,770 patients aged 78.7 ± 8.3 years, 51.1% men, 1513 (15.5%) subjects with prior history of dementia and 3055 (31.3%) with COVID-19 diagnosis. 1399 patients (14.3%) died at 30 d, 2008 (20.6%) at 180 days and 2456 (25.1%) at 365 d. The adjusted Hazard Ratio (aHR) for age, sex, comorbidity, disability and diagnosis for death associated with dementia were 1.16 (95% CI 1.01-1.34) at 30 d; 1.15 at 180 d (95% CI 1.03-1.30) and 1.19 at 365 d (95% CI 1.07-1.32), p < .001. In patients with COVID-19, the aHR were 1.26 (95% CI: 1.04-1.52) at 30 days; 1.29 at 180 d (95% CI: 1.09-1.53) and 1.35 at 365 d (95% CI: 1.15-1.58). CONCLUSION Dementia in older adults attending Spanish EDs during the first pandemic wave was independently associated with 30-, 180- and 365-day mortality. This impact was lower when adjusted for age, sex, comorbidity and disability, and was greater in patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
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- Cesáreo Fernández Alonso
- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Investigation Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Unidad de Estancia Corta y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital Doctor Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Unidad de Estancia Corta y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital Doctor Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Francecs de Borja, Gandía, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Romero-Carrete CJ, Alquézar-Arbé A, Herrera Mateo S, Llorens P, Gil V, Curtelin D, Jacob J, Herrero P, Lopez Díez MP, Llauger L, López-Grima ML, Gil C, Tost J, Agüera Urbano C, Espinosa B, Campos-Meneses M, Fernandez G, Torres A, Escoda R, Martín E, Garrido JM, Lucas-Imbernón FJ, Rodríguez-Adrada E, Torres Garate R, Andueza JA, Peacock F, Miró Ò. Timing of previous heart failure hospitalization as a prognostic factor for emergency department heart failure patients. Intern Emerg Med 2024:10.1007/s11739-023-03505-3. [PMID: 38466555 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-023-03505-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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To investigate whether the timing of a previous hospital admission for acute heart failure (AHF) is a prognostic factor for AHF patients revisiting the emergency department (ED) in the subsequent 12-month follow-up. All ED AHF patients enrolled in the previously described EAHFE registry were stratified by the presence or absence of an AHF hospitalization admission in the prior 12 months. The primary outcome was 12-month all-cause mortality post ED visit. Secondary end points were hospital admission, prolonged hospitalization (> 7 days), mortality during hospitalization and a 90-day post-discharge adverse composite event (ACE) rate, defined as ED revisits due to AHF, hospitalizations due to AHF, or all-cause mortality. Outcomes were adjusted for baseline and AHF episode characteristics.Of 5,757 patients included, the median age was 84 years (IQR 77-88); 57% were women, and 3,759 (65.3%) had an AHF hospitalization in the previous 12 months. The 12-month mortality was 37% (41.7% vs. 28.3% p < 0.001), hospital admission was 76.1% (78.8% vs. 71.1% p < 0.001) ACE was 60.2% (65.1% vs. 50.5% p < 0.001). In the adjusted analysis, patients with AHF hospitalization in the prior 12 months had a higher mortality (HR = 1.41; 95% CI 1.27-1.56), 90-day ACE rate (HR = 1.45: 95% CI 1.32-1.59), and more hospital admissions (OR = 1.32; 95% CI 1.16-1.51), with shorter times since the previous hospitalization being related to the outcomes analyzed. One-year mortality, adverse events at 90 days, and readmission rates are increased in ED AHF patients previously admitted within the last 12 months.
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- C J Romero-Carrete
- Emergency Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Short-Stay Unit and Home Hospitalization, Hospital Doctor Balmis, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Short-Stay Unit and Home Hospitalization, Hospital Doctor Balmis, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Sant Pau I Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Emergency Department Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Miró Ò, Osorio G, Alquézar-Arbé A, Aguiló S, Fernández C, Burillo G, Jacob J, Llorens P, Llauger L, Peláez González Á, Figuera Castro ER, Juarez González R, Blanco Hoffman MJ, Fernandez Salgado F, Pablos Pizarro T, Berenguer Díez MA, Truyol Más M, López-Laguna N, Garcia Acosta J, Fernandez Domato C, Diego Robledo FJ, Ezponda P, Martinez Lorenzo A, Ortega Liarte JV, García Rupérez I, Borne Jerez S, Corugedo Ovies C, Gallardo Sánchez BA, Del Castillo JG. Hyperactive delirium during emergency department stay: analysis of risk factors and association with short-term outcomes. Intern Emerg Med 2024; 19:535-545. [PMID: 37865623 PMCID: PMC10954855 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-023-03440-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
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To investigate factors related to the development of hyperactive delirium in patients during emergency department (ED) stay and the association with short-term outcomes. A secondary analysis of the EDEN (Emergency Department and Elderly Needs) multipurpose multicenter cohort was performed. Patients older than 65 years arriving to the ED in a calm state and who developed confusion and/or psychomotor agitation requiring intravenous/intramuscular treatment during their stay in ED were assigned to delirium group. Patients with psychiatric and epileptic disorders and intracranial hemorrhage were excluded. Thirty-four variables were compared in both groups and outcomes were adjusted for age, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Barthel Index and polypharmacy. Hyperactive delirium that needed treatment were developed in 301 out of 18,730 patients (1.6%). Delirium was directly associated with previous episodes of delirium (OR: 2.44, 95% CI 1.24-4.82), transfer to the ED observation unit (1.62, 1.23-2.15), chronic treatment with opiates (1.51, 1.09-2.09) and length of ED stay longer than 12 h (1.41, 1.02-1.97) and was indirectly associated with chronic kidney disease (0.60, 0.37-0.97). The 30-day all-cause mortality was 4.0% in delirium group and 2.9% in non-delirium group (OR: 1.52, 95% CI 0.83-2.78), need for hospitalization 25.6% and 25% (1.09, 0.83-1.43), in-hospital mortality 16.4% and 7.3% (2.32, 1.24-4.35), prolonged hospitalization 54.5% and 48.6% (1.27, 0.80-2.00), respectively, and 90-day post-discharge combined adverse event 36.4% and 35.8%, respectively (1.06, 0.82-2.00). Patients with previous episodes of delirium, treatment with opioids and longer stay in ED more frequently develop delirium during ED stay and preventive measures should be taken to minimize the incidence. Delirium is associated with in-hospital mortality during the index event.
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- Òscar Miró
- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, University of La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado de Talavera de La Reina, Toledo, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Clinica Universitaria Navarra de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Zumárraga, Guipúzcoa, Spain
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Cuerpo S, Aguiló S, Poblete-Palacios MF, Burillo-Putze G, Alquézar-Arbé A, Jacob J, Fernández C, Llorens P, Montero-Pérez FJ, Iglesias-Frax C, Quero-Motto E, Escudero-Sánchez C, Poch-Ferrer EA, Hong-Cho JU, Casado-Ramón B, Gayoso-Martín S, Sánchez-Sindín G, Fernández-Álvarez ME, Puiggali-Ballard M, Trejo O, Llauger L, Garrido-Acosta L, Calle-Fernández S, Molina L, Martínez-Juan M, Gómez-García G, Rivas Del Valle P, López-Grima ML, Rull-Bertrán P, González Del Castillo J, Miró Ò. Epidemiological and clinical management aspects of pneumonias diagnosed in the emergency department in elderly patients in Spain: Results of the EDEN-29 study. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed) 2024:S2529-993X(24)00040-6. [PMID: 38395666 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimce.2023.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To estimate the incidence of pneumonia diagnosis in elderly patients in Spanish emergency departments (ED), need for hospitalization, adverse events and predictive capacity of biomarkers commonly used in the ED. METHODS Patients ≥65 years with pneumonia seen in 52 Spanish EDs were included. We recorded in-hospitaland 30-day mortality as adverse events, as well as intensive care unit (ICU) admission among hospitalizedpatients. Association of 10 predefined variables with adverse events was calculated and expressed as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI), as well as predictive capacity of 5 commonly used biomarkers in the ED (leukocytes, hemoglobin, C-reactive protein, glucose, creatinine) was investigated using area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC-ROC). RESULTS 591 patients with pneumonia attended in the ED were included (annual incidence of 18,4 per 1000 inhabitants). A total of 78.0% were hospitalized. Overall, 30-day mortality was 14.2% and in-hospital mortality was 12.9%. Functional dependency was associated with both events (OR=4.453, 95%CI=2.361-8.400; and OR=3.497, 95%CI=1.578-7.750, respectively) as well as severe comorbidity (2.344, 1.363-4.030, and 2.463, 1.252-4.846, respectively). Admission to the ICU during hospitalization occurred in 3.5%, with no associated factors. The predictive capacity of biomarkers was only moderate for creatinine for ICU admission (AUC-ROC=0.702, 95% CI=0.536-0.869) and for leukocytes for post-discharge adverse event (0.669, 0.540-0.798). CONCLUSIONS Pneumonia is a frequent diagnosis in elderly patients consulting in the ED. Their functional dependence and comorbidity is the factor most associated with adverse events. The biomarkers analyzed do not have a good predictive capacity for adverse events.
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- Sandra Cuerpo
- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico, IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico, IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Unidad de Estancia Corta y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital Doctor Balmis, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Virgen Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Virgen de Altagracia, Manzanares, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain.
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Fernández Alonso C, Fuentes Ferrer M, Llorens P, Burillo G, Alquézar-Arbé A, Jacob J, Montero-Pérez FJ, Aguiló S, Abad Cuñado V, Amer Al Arud L, Escudero Sánchez C, Poch Ferret EA, Hong Cho JU, Escolar Martínez-Berganza MT, Gayoso Martín S, Sánchez Sindín G, Prieto Zapico A, Petrus Rivas MC, Doi Grande AL, Llauger L, Rodríguez Valles C, Marquez Quero L, Juárez González R, Ruescas E, Fernández Salgado F, Ríos Gallardo R, de Juan Gómez MÁ, Masid Barco M, González Del Castillo J, Miró Ò. Impact of First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mortality at Emergency Department in Older Patients with COVID and Non-COVID Diagnoses. Gerontology 2023; 70:379-389. [PMID: 38160663 DOI: 10.1159/000535913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Mortality in emergency departments (EDs) is not well known. This study aimed to assess the impact of the first-wave pandemic on deaths accounted in the ED of older patients with COVID and non-COVID diseases. METHODS We used data from the Emergency Department and Elderly Needs (EDEN) cohort (pre-COVID period) and from the EDEN-COVID cohort (COVID period) that included all patients ≥65 years seen in 52 Spanish EDs from April 1 to 7, 2019, and March 30 to April 5, 2020, respectively. We recorded patient characteristics and final destination at ED. We compared older patients in the pre-COVID period, with older patients with non-COVID and with COVID-19. ED-mortality (before discharge or hospitalization) is the prior outcome and is expressed as an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) with 95% interval confidence. RESULTS We included 23,338 older patients from the pre-COVID period (aged 78.3 [8.1] years), 6,715 patients with non-COVID conditions (aged 78.9 [8.2] years) and 3,055 with COVID (aged 78.3 [8.3] years) from the COVID period. Compared to the older patients, pre-COVID period, patients with non-COVID and with COVID-19 were more often male, referred by a doctor and by ambulance, with more comorbidity and disability, dementia, nursing home, and more risk according to qSOFA, respectively (p < 0.001). Compared to the pre-COVID period, patients with non-COVID and with COVID-19 were more often to be hospitalized from ED (24.8% vs. 44.3% vs. 79.1%) and were more often to die in ED (0.6% vs. 1.2% vs. 2.2%), respectively (p < 0.001). Compared to the pre-COVID period, aOR for age, sex, comorbidity and disability, ED mortality in elderly patients cared in ED during the COVID period was 2.31 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.76-3.06), and 3.75 (95% CI: 2.77-5.07) for patients with COVID. By adding the variable qSOFA to the model, such OR were 1.59 (95% CI: 1.11-2.30) and 2.16 (95% CI: 1.47-3.17), respectively. CONCLUSIONS During the early first pandemic wave of COVID-19, more complex and life-threatening older with COVID and non-COVID diseases were seen compared to the pre-COVID period. In addition, the need for hospitalization and the ED mortality doubled in non-COVID and tripled in COVID diagnosis. This increase in ED mortality is not only explained by the complexity or severity of the elderly patients but also because of the system's overload.
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- Cesáreo Fernández Alonso
- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Investigation Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Unidad de Estancia Corta y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital Doctor Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Europea de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Vinalopó, Elche, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Univeristario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Miró Ò, Aguiló O, Trullàs JC, Gil V, Espinosa B, Jacob J, Herrero-Puente P, Tost J, López-Grima ML, Comas P, Bibiano C, Llauger L, Martin Mojarro E, López-Díez MP, Núñez J, Rafique Z, Keene KR, Peacock F, Lopez-Ayala P, Mueller C, Montero Pérez-Barquero M, Mont L, Llorens P. QT interval and short-term outcome in acute heart failure. Clin Res Cardiol 2023; 112:1754-1765. [PMID: 37004527 PMCID: PMC10698082 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-023-02173-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of corrected QT (QTc) interval duration and short-term outcomes in patients with acute heart failure (AHF). METHODS We analyzed AHF patients enrolled in 11 Spanish emergency departments (ED) for whom an ECG with QTc measurement was available. Patients with pace-maker rhythm were excluded. Primary outcome was 30-day all-cause mortality and secondary outcomes were need of hospitalization, in-hospital mortality and prolonged hospitalization (> 7 days). Association between QTc and outcomes was explored by restricted cubic spline (RCS) curves. Results were expressed as odds ratios (OR) and 95%CI adjusted by patients baseline and decompensation characteristics, using a QTc = 450 ms as reference. RESULTS Of 1800 patients meeting entry criteria (median age 84 years (IQR = 77-89), 56% female), their median QTc was 453 ms (IQR = 422-483). The 30-day mortality was 9.7%, while need of hospitalization, in-hospital mortality and prolonged hospitalization were 77.8%, 9.0% and 50.0%, respectively. RCS curves found longer QTc was associated with 30-day mortality if > 561 ms, OR = 1.86 (1.00-3.45), and increased up to OR = 10.5 (2.25-49.1), for QTc = 674 ms. A similar pattern was observed for in-hospital mortality; OR = 2.64 (1.04-6.69), for QTc = 588 ms, and increasing up to OR = 8.02 (1.30-49.3), for QTc = 674 ms. Conversely, the need of hospitalization had a U-shaped relationship: being increased in patients with shorter QTc [OR = 1.45 (1.00-2.09) for QTc = 381 ms, OR = 5.88 (1.25-27.6) for the shortest QTc of 200 ms], and also increasing for prolonged QTc [OR = 1.06 (1.00-1.13), for QTc = 459 ms, and reaching OR = 2.15 (1.00-4.62) for QTc = 588 ms]. QTc was not associated with prolonged hospitalization. CONCLUSION In ED AHF patients, initial QTc provides independent short-term prognostic information, with increasing QTc associated with increasing mortality, while both, shortened and prolonged QTc are associated with need of hospitalization.
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- Òscar Miró
- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- The GREAT (Global Research on Acute Conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy.
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- Laboratori de Reparació i Regeneració Tissular (TR2Lab), Emergency Department, Hospital d'Olot, Girona, Medical School, Universitat de Vic-Central de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratori de Reparació i Regeneració Tissular (TR2Lab), Internal Medicine Department, Hospital d'Olot, Girona, Medical School, Universitat de Vic-Central de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Short-Stay Unit and Home Hospitalization, Hospital Doctor Balmis, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Martorell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico de Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Emergency Department, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- The GREAT (Global Research on Acute Conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
- Emergency Department, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- The GREAT (Global Research on Acute Conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB) and Cardiology Department, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- The GREAT (Global Research on Acute Conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB) and Cardiology Department, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Arrhythmia Section, Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Short-Stay Unit and Home Hospitalization, Hospital Doctor Balmis, Alicante, Spain
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Miró Ò, Llorens P, Gil V, López Díez MP, Jacob J, Herrero P, Llauger L, Tost J, Aguirre A, Bibiano C, Fuentes M, López Grima ML, Romero R, Martín Mojarro E, Alquézar Arbé A, Alonso H, Martín-Sánchez FJ. Decisions to admit vs. discharge patients with acute heart failure from the emergency department: consistency with a measure of severity of decompensation and the impact on prognosis. Emergencias 2023; 35:261-269. [PMID: 37439419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To analyze the consistency between decisions to discharge or admit patients with acute heart failure (AHF) treated in emergency departments (EDs) and the level of risk of adverse events, and to analyze the impact of decisions to discharge patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Prospective study of baseline clinical data collected from patients diagnosed with AHF in 16 Spanish emergency departments. Patients were stratified by severity of decompensated AHF based on MEESSI assessment (Multiple Estimation of Risk Based on the Spanish Emergency Department Score). The distribution of severity was described for patients who were hospitalized (overall and for departments receiving the largest number of admissions) and for discharged patients. We analyzed the data for discharged patients for associations with the following quality-of-care indicators: all-cause mortality of less than 2% at 30 days, revisits to the ED for AHF in less than 10% of patients within 7 days of discharge, and revisits to the ED or admission for AHF in less than 20% within 30 days of discharge. RESULTS We included 2855 patients with a median (interquartile range) age of 84 (76-88) years. Fifty-four percent were women, 1042 (36.5%) were classified as low risk, 1239 (43.4%) as intermediate risk, 301 (10.5%) as high risk, and 273 (9.6%) as very high risk. Thirty-day mortality rates by level of low to very high risk were 1.9%, 9.3%, 15.3%, and 38.4%, respectively. One-year mortality rates by risk level were 15.4%, 35.6%, 52.0%, and 74.2%. Admission rates by risk level were 62.2%, 77.4%, 87.0%, and 88.3%. Overall, 47.1% o patients discharged from the ED were in the 3 higher-risk categories (intermediate to very high), and 30.7% were in the lowest risk category. The 5 hospital areas receiving the most admissions, in order of lowest-to-highest risk classification, were internal medicine, the short-stay unit, cardiology, intensive care, and geriatrics. Rates and 95% CIs for quality-of-care indicators in patients discharged from EDs were as follows: 30-day mortality, 4.3% (3.0%-6.1%); ED revisits within 7 days, 11.4% (9.2%-14.0%), and ED revisits or admissions within 30 days, 31.5% (28.0%-35.1%). In patients classified as low risk on ED discharge, these percentages were lower, as follows, respectively: 0.5% (0.1%-1.8%), 10.5% (7.6%-14.0%), and 29.5% (26.6%-32.6%). CONCLUSION We detected disparity between severity of AHF decompensation and the decision to discharge or admit patients. Outcomes in patients discharged from EDs do not reach the recommended quality-of-care standards. Reducing inconsistencies between severity of decompensation and ED decisions could help to improve quality targets.
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- Òscar Miró
- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Corta Estancia y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biómedica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, España
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- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Consorci Hospitalari de Terrassa, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de Getafe, Universidad Europea, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, España
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Rafique Z, Fortuny MJ, Kuo D, Szarpak L, Llauger L, Espinosa B, Gil V, Jacob J, Alquézar-Arbé A, Andueza JA, Garrido JM, Aguirre A, Fuentes M, Alonso H, Lucas-Imbernón FJ, Bibiano C, Burillo-Putze G, Núñez J, Mullens W, Lopez-Ayala P, Mueller C, Llorens P, Peacock F, Miró Ò. Corrigendum to "Hyperkalemia in acute heart failure: Short term outcomes from the EAHFE registry" [American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 70C (2023) 1-9]. Am J Emerg Med 2023:S0735-6757(23)00272-3. [PMID: 37268493 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023] Open
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- Zubaid Rafique
- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
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- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home Departments, Hospital General Dr. Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, CIBER Cardiovascular, Universidad de Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Cardiology Department and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute conditions Team) network, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiology Department and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute conditions Team) network, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home Departments, Hospital General Dr. Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute conditions Team) network, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute conditions Team) network, Rome, Italy
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Rafique Z, Fortuny MJ, Kuo D, Szarpak L, Llauger L, Espinosa B, Gil V, Jacob J, Alquézar-Arbé A, Andueza JA, Garrido JM, Aguirre A, Fuentes M, Alonso H, Lucas-Imbernón FJ, Bibiano C, Burillo-Putze G, Núñez J, Mullens W, Lopez-Ayala P, Mueller C, Llorens P, Peacock F, Miró Ò. Hyperkalemia in acute heart failure: Short term outcomes from the EAHFE registry. Am J Emerg Med 2023; 70:1-9. [PMID: 37186977 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Both hyperkalemia (HK) and Acute Heart Failure (AHF) are associated with increased short-term mortality, and the management of either may exacerbate the other. As the relationship between HK and AHF is poorly described, our purpose was to determine the relationship between HK and short-term outcomes in Emergency Department (ED) AHF. METHODS The EAHFE Registry enrolls all ED AHF patients from 45 Spanish ED and records in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes. Our primary outcome was all-cause in-hospital death, with secondary outcomes of prolonged hospitalization (>7 days) and 7-day post-discharge adverse events (ED revisit, hospitalization, or death). Associations between serum potassium (sK) and outcomes were explored using logistic regression by restricted cubic spline (RCS) curves, with sK =4.0 mEq/L as the reference, adjusting by age, sex, comorbidities, patient baseline status and chronic treatments. Interaction analyses were performed for the primary outcome. RESULTS Of 13,606 ED AHF patients, the median (IQR) age was 83 (76-88) years, 54% were women, and the median (IQR) sK was 4.5 mEq/L (4.3-4.9) with a range of 4.0-9.9 mEq/L. In-hospital mortality was 7.7%, with prolonged hospitalization in 35.9%, and a 7-day post-discharge adverse event rate of 8.7%. Adjusted in-hospital mortality increased steadily from sK ≥4.8 (OR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.01-1.80) to sK = 9.9 (8.41, 3.60-19.6). Non-diabetics with elevated sK had higher odds of death, while chronic treatment with mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonists exhibited a mixed effect. Neither prolonged hospitalization nor post-discharge adverse events was associated with sK. CONCLUSION In ED AHF, initial sK >4.8 mEq/L was independently associated with in-hospital mortality, suggesting that this cohort may benefit from aggressive HK treatment.
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- Zubaid Rafique
- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home Departments, Hospital General Dr. Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain
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- Ca Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, INCLIVA, CIBER Cardiovascular, Valencia, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Cardiology Department and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute Conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiology Department and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute Conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home Departments, Hospital General Dr. Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute Conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute Conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
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López-Díez MP, Alquézar-Arbé A, Jacob J, Llorens P, Llauger L, Herrero P, Gil V, Núñez J, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Miró Ò. Hospital development of heart failure follow-up units and short-term prognosis after acute decompensation in Spain. Int J Cardiol 2023; 378:64-70. [PMID: 36804513 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the existence of heart failure units (HFU) and link nurse units (LNU) in the hospital improve short-term outcomes of acute heart failure (AHF) episodes. METHODS Patients with AHF diagnosed in 45 Spanish emergency departments were analysed according to whether the hospital had a complete development of follow-up units (HFU + LNU), partial (HFU or LNU) or none. The outcomes were: 30-day mortality, hospitalization, in-hospital mortality, >7 days admission, and adverse event (death, rehospitalisation, or reconsultation to the emergency department) at 30 days post-discharge. Outcomes were adjusted for baseline and AHF episode characteristics. RESULTS 19,947 patients were included, median age was 82 years (IQR 76--87), women were 55%. It was 20% of patients attended in hospitals with null development, 28% with partial development and 52% with complete development. Mortality at 30 days was 10.1% (null/partial/complete development: 10.5%/9.5%/10.4%; p=0.880), hospitalization 74.6% (72.7%/72.7%/75.7%; p<0.001), in-hospital mortality 7.4% (7.6%/7.0%/7.5%; p=0.995), prolonged hospitalization 47.4% (51.1%/52.4%/43.5%; p<0.001) and adverse events 30 days post-hospitalization 30.3% (36.2%/28.9%/30.3%; p < 0.001). In the adjusted analysis, hospital with complete development of follow-up units was not associated with mortality, but with increased hospitalization (OR= 1.172; 95%CI 1.069-1.285) and lower prolonged hospitalization (OR = 0.725; 95%CI 0.660-0.797) and adverse events at 30 days post-discharge (OR=0.831; 95%CI 0.755-0.916). Partial development was only associated with decreased post-discharge adverse events (OR= 0.782; 95%CI 0.702-0.871). CONCLUSION The development of follow-up units is not associated with 30-day mortality, but is associated with less prolonged hospitalization and fewer post-discharge adverse events in patients with AHF.
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit and Hospital at Home, Hospital Doctor Balmis, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biómedica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Central Asturia, Oviedo, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Espinosa B, Llorens P, Gil V, Jacob J, Alquézar-Arbé A, Masip J, Llauger L, Tost J, Andueza JA, Garrido JM, Soy-Ferrer E, Agüera-Urbano C, Herrero P, Gil-Rodrigo A, Millán J, Mecina AB, Torres-Gárate R, Cabrera-González N, Núñez J, Miró Ò. Impact of congestion and perfusion status in the emergency department on severity of decompensation and short-term prognosis in patients with acute heart failure. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2023; 12:165-174. [PMID: 36137176 DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuac115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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AIMS To assess whether symptoms/signs of congestion and perfusion in acute heart failure (AHF) evaluated at patient arrival to the emergency department (ED) can predict the severity of decompensation and short-term outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS We included patients from the Epidemiology of AHF Emergency Registry (EAHFE Registry). We registered seven clinical surrogates of congestion and five of hypoperfusion. Patients were grouped according to severity of congestion/hypoperfusion. We assessed the need for hospitalization, in-hospital all-cause mortality for patients needing hospitalization, and prolonged hospitalization for patients surviving the decompensation episode. Outcomes were adjusted for patient characteristics and the coexistence of congestion and hypoperfusion. We analysed 18 120 patients (median = 83 years, interquartile range = 76-88; women = 55.7%). Seventy-two per cent presented >2 signs/symptoms of congestion and 18% had at least 1 sign/symptom of hypoperfusion. Seventy-five per cent were hospitalized with in-hospital death in 9% and prolonged hospitalization in 47% discharged alive. The presence of congestion/hypoperfusion was independently associated with poorer outcomes. An increase in the number of signs/symptoms of congestion was associated with increased risk of hospitalization (P < 0.001) and prolonged stay (P = 0.011), but not mortality (P = 0.06). Increased signs/symptoms of hypoperfusion were associated with hospitalization (P < 0.001) and mortality (P < 0.001), but not prolonged stay (P = 0.227). In the combined model, including congestion and hypoperfusion, both had additive effects on hospitalization, in-hospital mortality was driven by hypoperfusion and no differences were observed for prolonged hospitalization. CONCLUSION The presence of congestion/hypoperfusion at ED arrival is a simple clinical marker associated with a higher risk of severity/adverse short-term outcomes.
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- Begoña Espinosa
- Emergency Service, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home, General Hospital Dr Balmis of Alicante, Institute of Sanitary and Biomedical Research of Alicante (ISABIAL), Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Service, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home, General Hospital Dr Balmis of Alicante, Institute of Sanitary and Biomedical Research of Alicante (ISABIAL), Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Area, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Service, Research Direction Consorci Sanitari Integral, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Vic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Service, Sanitary Consortium, Terrassa, Spain
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- Emergency Service, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Service, Central Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Emergency Service, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home, General Hospital Dr Balmis of Alicante, Institute of Sanitary and Biomedical Research of Alicante (ISABIAL), Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Service, La Fe University and Politechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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- Emergency Service, Alcorcón Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Service, Doctor Negrín University Hospital of Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Clinical Hospital of Valencia, University of Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Emergency Area, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Llauger L, Espinosa B, Rafique Z, Boone S, Beuhler G, Millán-Soria J, Gil V, Jacob J, Alquézar-Arbé A, Campos-Meneses M, Escoda R, Tost J, Martín-Mojarro E, Aguirre A, López-Grima ML, Núñez J, Mullens W, Lopez-Ayala P, Mueller C, Llorens P, Peacock F, Miró Ò. Impact of worsening renal function detected at emergency department arrival on acute heart failure short-term outcomes. Eur J Emerg Med 2023; 30:91-101. [PMID: 36787242 DOI: 10.1097/mej.0000000000001016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE Deterioration of renal function with respect to baseline during an acute heart failure (AHF) episode is frequent, but impact on outcomes is still a matter of debate. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of creatinine deterioration detected at emergency department (ED) arrival and short-term outcomes in patients with AHF. DESIGN Secondary analysis of a large multipurpose registry. SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS Patients with AHF were diagnosed in 10 Spanish ED for whom a previous baseline creatinine was available. EXPOSURE Difference between creatinine at ED arrival and at baseline was calculated (∂-creatinine). OUTCOME MEASURES AND ANALYSIS Primary outcome was 30-day all-cause death, and secondary outcomes were inhospital all-cause death, prolonged hospitalization (>7 days) and 7-day postdischarge adverse events. Associations between ∂-creatinine and outcomes were explored using logistic regression by restricted cubic spline (RCS) curves and expressed as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI), taking ∂-creatinine = 0 mg/dl as reference. Curves were adjusted by age, sex, comorbidities, patient baseline status, chronic treatments, and vitals and laboratory results at ED arrival. Interactions for the primary outcome also were investigated. MAIN RESULTS We analyzed 3036 patients (median age = 82 years; IQR = 75-87; women = 55%), with ∂-creatinine ranged from -0.3 to 3 mg/dl. The 30-day mortality was 11.6%. Increments of ∂-creatinine were associated with progressive increase in risk of 30-day death, although adjustment attenuated this association: ∂-creatinine of 0.3/1/2/3 mg/dl were, respectively, associated with adjusted OR of 1.41 (1.02-1.95), 1.69 (1.02-2.80), 1.46 (0.56-3.80) and 1.27 (0.27-5.83). Distinctively significant higher risk was found for patients over 80 years old, female, nondiabetic, functionally disabled and on digoxin therapy. With respect to secondary outcomes, inhospital mortality was 8.1%, prolonged hospitalization was 33.6% and 7-day postdischarge adverse event was 9.7%. Inhospital death steadily increased with increments in ∂-creatinine [from 1.50 (1.04-2.17) with ∂-creatinine = 0.3 to 3.78 (0.78-18.3) with ∂-creatinine = 3], as well as prolonged hospitalization did [from 1.41 (1.11-1.77) to 2.24 (1.51-3.33), respectively]. Postdischarge adverse events were not associated with ∂-creatinine. CONCLUSION WRF detected at ED arrival has prognostic value in AHF, being associated with increased risk of death and prolonged hospitalization. These associations showed different patterns of risk but, remarkably, risk started with increments as low as 0.3 mg/dl.
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- Lluís Llauger
- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona
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- Emergency, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home Departments, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, AlicanteSpain
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- Emergency Department, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Emergency Department, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Emergency Department, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia
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- Cardiology Department, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Cardiology Department and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiology Department and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home Departments, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, AlicanteSpain
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- Emergency Department, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona
- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute conditions Team) Network, Rome, Italy
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Miró Ò, Ivars N, Lopez-Ayala P, Gil V, Llauger L, Alquézar-Arbé A, Jacob J, Rodríguez-Adrada E, Tost J, Mir M, Gil C, Sánchez S, Aguirre A, Martín E, Alonso MI, Garrido JM, López-Grima ML, Lucas-Imbernon FJ, Sánchez C, Escoda R, Gil A, Espinosa B, Wussler D, Peacock WF, Mueller C, Llorens P. Effect of Flu Vaccination on Severity and Outcome of Heart Failure Decompensations. J Card Fail 2023; 29:734-744. [PMID: 36706976 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship of seasonal flu vaccination with the severity of decompensation and long-term outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF). METHODS We analyzed 6147 consecutively enrolled patients with decompensated HF who presented to 33 Spanish emergency departments (EDs) during January and February of 2018 and 2019, grouped according to seasonal flu vaccination status. The severity of HF decompensation was assessed by the Multiple Estimation of Risk Based on the Emergency Department Spanish Score in Patients With Acute Heart Failure (MEESSI-AHF) + MEESSI scale, need of hospitalization and in-hospital all-cause mortality. The long-term outcomes analyzed were 90-day postdischarge adverse events and 90-day all-cause death. Associations between vaccination, HF decompensation severity and long-term outcomes were explored by unadjusted and adjusted logistic and Cox regressions by using 14 covariables that could act as potential confounders. RESULTS Overall median (IQR) age was 84 (IQR = 77-89) years, and 56% were women. Vaccinated patients (n = 1139; 19%) were older, had more comorbidities and had worse baseline status, as assessed by New York Heart Association class and Barthel index, than did unvaccinated patients (n = 5008; 81%). Infection triggering decompensation was more common in vaccinated patients (50% vs 41%; P < 0.001). In vaccinated and unvaccinated patients, high or very-high risk decompensation was seen in 21.9% and 21.1%; hospitalization occurred in 72.5% and 73.7%; in-hospital mortality was 7.4% and 7.0%; 90-day postdischarge adverse events were 57.4% and 53.2%; and the 90-day mortality rate was 15.8% and 16.6%, respectively, with no significant differences between cohorts. After adjusting, vaccinated decompensated patients with HF had decreased odds for hospitalization (OR = 0.823, 95%CI = 0.709-0.955). CONCLUSION In patients with HF, seasonal flu vaccination is associated with less severe decompensations.
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- Òscar Miró
- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; The GREAT network, Rome, Italy.
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- Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit and Hospitalization at Home Unit, Hospital General de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- The GREAT network, Rome, Italy; Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Basel, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Virgen de Valme, Sevilla, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit and Hospitalization at Home Unit, Hospital General de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit and Hospitalization at Home Unit, Hospital General de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- The GREAT network, Rome, Italy; Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Basel, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- The GREAT network, Rome, Italy; Emergency Department, Baylor Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
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- The GREAT network, Rome, Italy; Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Basel, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit and Hospitalization at Home Unit, Hospital General de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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González Del Castillo J, Jacob J, García-Lamberechts EJ, Piñera Salmerón P, Alquézar-Arbé A, Llorens P, Jiménez S, Quero Espinosa FDB, Aguiló S, Gil-Rodrigo A, Fernández Alonso C, Burillo-Putze G, Espinosa Fernández B, Suero Méndez C, Iglesias Vela M, Quero Motto E, Hong Cho JU, Llopis F, Marrón R, Gayoso Martín S, Lucena Aguilera C, Alemany González X, Rizzi MA, Llauger L, Murcia Olagüenaga A, Vaswani-Bulchand A, Parra Esquivel P, Sánchez Nicolás JA, Carrasco Fernández E, Ruescas Escolano E, Chacón García A, Fernández Salgado F, Miró Ò. Sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidity, and baseline functional status of older patients treated in emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic and associations with mortality: an analysis based on the EDENCOVID cohort. Emergencias 2022; 34:428-436. [PMID: 36625692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidity, and baseline functional status of patients aged 65 or older who came to hospital emergency departments (EDs) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to compare them with the findings for an earlier period to analyze factors of the index episode that were related to mortality. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied data from the EDEN-COVID cohort (Emergency Department and Elder Needs During COVID-19) of patients aged 65 years or older treated in 40 Spanish EDs on 7 consecutive days. Nine sociodemographic variables, 18 comorbidities, and 7 function variables were registered and compared with the findings for the EDEN cohort of patients included with the same criteria and treated a year earlier in the same EDs. In-hospital mortality was calculated in the 2 cohorts and a multivariable logistic regression model was used to explore associated factors. RESULTS The EDEN-COVID cohort included 6806 patients with a median age of 78 years; 49% were women. The pandemic cohort had a higher proportion of men, patients covered by the national health care system, patients brought from residential facilities, and patients who arrived in an ambulance equipped for advanced life support. Pandemic-cohort patients more often had diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, and dementia; they less often had connective tissue and thromboembolic diseases. The Barthel and Charlson indices were worse in this period, and cognitive decline was more common. Fewer patients had a history of depression or falls. Eight hundred ninety these patients (13.1%) died, 122 of them in the ED (1.8%); these percentages were lower in the earlier EDEN cohort, at 3.1% and 0.5%, respectively. Independent sociodemographic factors associated with higher mortality were transport by ambulance, older age, male sex, and living in a residential facility. Mortalityassociated comorbidities were neoplasms, chronic kidney disease, and heart failure. The only function variable associated with mortality was the inability to walk independently. A history of falls in the past 6 months was a protective factor. CONCLUSION The sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidity, and functional status of patients aged 65 years or older who were treated in hospital EDs during the pandemic differed in many ways from those usually seen in this older-age population. Mortality was higher than in the prepandemic period. Certain sociodemographic, comorbidity, and function variables were associated with in-hospital mortality.
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Unidad de Estancia Corta y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General Doctor Balmis, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biómedica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Unidad de Estancia Corta y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General Doctor Balmis, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biómedica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Unidad de Estancia Corta y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General Doctor Balmis, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biómedica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, España
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- Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen Arrixaca, Murcia, España
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- Hospital De Bellvitge, L'hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet. Zaragoza, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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Miró Ò, Espinosa B, Gil V, Jacob J, Alquézar-Arbé A, Masip J, Llauger L, Tost J, Andueza JA, Garrido JM, Mojarro EM, Urbano CA, Núñez J, Chioncel O, Mullens W, Cotter G, Llorens P. Evaluation of the effect of intravenous nitroglycerine on short-term survival of patients with acute heart failure according to congestion and perfusion status at emergency department arrival. Eur J Emerg Med 2022; 29:437-449. [PMID: 35861663 DOI: 10.1097/mej.0000000000000964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We investigated if the phenotypic classification of acute heart failure (AHF) based on the number of signs/symptoms of congestion and hypoperfusion at emergency department (ED) arrival identifies subgroups in which intravenous (IV) nitroglycerine (NTG) use improves short-term survival. METHODS We included consecutive AHF patients diagnosed in 45 Spanish EDs, who were grouped according to phenotype severity. The main outcome was 30-day all-cause death. Propensity scores (PS) for NTG use were generated using variables associated with death. Analysis of interaction was performed in subgroups of patients based on congestion, hypoperfusion, age, sex, coronary artery disease (CAD), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and SBP. RESULTS We analyzed 16 437 AHF patients (median = 83 years; women = 56%); 1882 received NTG (11.4%). In the whole cohort, the cumulative 30-day mortality in patients receiving NTG was higher (11.5% vs. 9.6%; unadjusted HR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.04-1.36), but not in the PS-matched cohorts (1698 pairs of patients; 11.5% vs. 10.5%; HR, 1.10; 95% CI, 0.90-1.35). Mortality was increased in NTG-treated patients with mild congestion (HR, 2.09; 95% CI, 1.19-3.67), especially in those without hypoperfusion (HR, 2.51; 95% CI, 1.24-5.10). Interaction analysis of the PS-matched cohorts confirmed detrimental effects of NTG use in less congested patients, whereas beneficial effects were only observed in patients with decreased LVEF (<50% subgroup: HR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.37-0.92; ≥50% subgroup: HR, 1.30; 95% CI, 0.66-2.56; P = 0.002). CONCLUSION Phenotypical classification of AHF based on congestion/hypoperfusion at ED arrival does not identify subgroups of patients in whom IV-NTG would decrease mortality, although it could potentially be beneficial in those with LVEF of less than 50%. This hypothesis will have to be confirmed in the future. Conversely, our results suggest that IV-NTG may be harmful in patients with only mild clinical congestion.
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- Òscar Miró
- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona
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- Emergency, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home Departments, Hospital General de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biómedica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat
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- Research Direction, Consorci Sanitari Integral
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- Emergency Department, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
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- Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Prof. C.C. Iliescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacology Carol Davila, Bucarest, Romania
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- Cardiology Department, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Momentum Research Inc, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Emergency, Short Stay and Hospitalization at Home Departments, Hospital General de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biómedica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante
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López Díez MP, Llorens P, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Gil V, Jacob J, Herrero P, Llauger L, Tost J, Aguirre A, Garrido JM, Vega JA, Fuentes M, Alonso MI, López Grima ML, Piñera P, Romero R, Lucas-Imbernón FJ, Andueza JA, Povar J, Richard F, Sánchez C, Miró Ò. Emergency department observation of patients with acute heart failure prior to hospital admission: impact on short-term prognosis. Emergencias 2022; 34:345-351. [PMID: 36217929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To analyze whether short-term outcomes are affected when patients diagnosed with acute heart failure (AHF) spend time in an emergency department observation unit (EDOU) before hospital admission. MATERIAL AND METHODS Baseline and emergency episode data were collected for patients diagnosed with AHF in the EDs of 15 Spanish hospitals. We analyzed crude and adjusted associations between EDOU stay and 30-day mortality (primary outcome) and in-hospital mortality and a prolonged hospital stay of more than 7 days (secondary outcomes). RESULTS A total of 6597 patients with a median (interquartile range) age of 83 (76-88 years) were studied. Fifty-five percent were women. All were hospitalized for AHF (50% in internal medicine wards, 23% in cardiology, 11% in geriatrics, and 16 in other specialties. Of these patients, 3241 (49%) had had EDOU stays and 3350 (51%) had been admitted immediately, with no EDOU stay. Having an EDOU stay was associated with female sex, dementia or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, long-term treatment with certain drugs for heart failure, greater baseline deterioration in function, and a higher degree of decompensation. Patients in the EDOU group were more often admitted to an internal medicine ward and had shorter stays; cardiology, geriatric, and intensive care admissions were less likely to have had an EDOU stay. Overall, 30-day mortality was 12.6% (13.7% in the EDOU group and 11.4% in the no-EDOU group; P = .004). In-hospital mortality was 10.4% overall (EDOU, 11.1% and no-EDOU, 9.6%; P = .044). Prolonged hospitalization occurred in 50.0% (EDOU, 48.7% and no-EDOU, 51.2%; P = .046). After adjusting for between-group differences, the EDOU stay was not associated with 30-day mortality (hazard ratio, 1.14; 95% CI, 0.99-1.31). Odds ratios for associations between EDOU stay and in-hospital mortality and prolonged hospital stay, respectively, were 1.09 (95% CI, 0.92-1.29) and 0.91 (95% CI, 0.82-1.01). CONCLUSION Although mortality higher in patients hospitalized for AHF who spend time in an EDO, the association seems to be accounted for by their worse baseline situation and the greater seriousness of the decompensation episode, not by time spent in the EDOU.
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Corta Estancia y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biómedica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, España
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- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Consorci Hospitalari de Terrassa, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Murcia, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Universidad Europea, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Dr. Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, España
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- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, España
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Gil-Rodrigo A, Verdú-Rotellar JM, Gil V, Alquézar A, Llauger L, Herrero-Puente P, Jacob J, Abellana R, Muñoz MÁ, López-Díez MP, Ivars-Obermeier N, Espinosa B, Rodríguez B, Fuentes M, Tost J, López-Grima ML, Romero R, Müller C, Peacock WF, Llorens P, Miró Ò. Evaluation of the HEFESTOS scale to predict outcomes in emergency department acute heart failure patients. Intern Emerg Med 2022; 17:2129-2140. [PMID: 36031673 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-022-03068-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The HEFESTOS scale was developed in 14 Spanish primary care centres and validated in 9 primary care centres of other European countries. It showed good performance to predict death/hospitalisation during the first 30 days after an episode of acute heart failure (AHF), with c-statistics of 0.807/0.730 in the derivation/validation cohorts. We evaluated this scale in the emergency department (ED) setting, comparing it to the EHMRG and MEESSI scales in the ED and the EFFECT and GWTG scales in hospitalised patients, to predict 30-day outcomes, including death and hospitalisation. Consecutive AHF patients were enrolled in 34 Spanish EDs in January-February 2016, 2018, and 2019 with variables needed to calculate outcome scores. Thirty-day hospitalisation/death (together and separately) and post-discharge combined adverse event (ED revisit or hospitalisation for AHF or all-cause death) were determined for patients discharged home after ED care. Predictive capacity was assessed by c-statistic with 95% confidence intervals. Of 10,869 patients, 4,044 were included (median age: 83 years, 54% women). The performance of HEFESTOS was modest for 30-day hospitalisation/death, c-statistic=0.656 (0.637-0.675), hospitalisation, 0.650 (0.631-0.669), and death, 0.610 (0.576-0.644). Of 1,034 patients with scores for the 5 scales, HEFESTOS had the numerically highest c-statistic for hospitalisation/death at 30 days, 0.666 (0.627-0.704), vs. MEESSI= 0.650 (0.612-0.687, p=0.51), EFFECT=0.633 (0.595-0.672, p=0.21), GWTG=0.618 (0.578-0.657, p=0.06) and EHMRG=0.617 (0.577-0.704, p=0.07). Similar modest performances were observed for predicting hospitalisation [ranging from HEFESTOS=0.656 (0.618-0.695) to GWTG=0.603 (0.564-0.643)]. Conversely, prediction of 30-day death was good with the MEESSI=0.787 (0.728-845), EFFECT=0.754 (0.691-0.818) and GWTG=0.749 (0.689-0.809) scales, and modest with EHMRG=0.649 (0.581-0.717) and HEFESTOS=0.610 (0.538-0.683). Although the HEFESTOS scale was numerically better for predicting 30-day hospitalisation/death in ED AHF patients, its modest performance precludes routine use. Only 30-day mortality was adequately predicted by some scales, with the MEESSI achieving the best results.
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- Adriana Gil-Rodrigo
- Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit and Hospitalization at Home Unit, Dr, Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
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- Unitat de Suport a La Recerca de Barcelona, Fundació Institut Universitari Per a La Recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol I Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Catalan Institute of Health, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Clinic Barcelona Hospital University, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, c/ Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Bioestadistica del Departament de Fonaments Clínics, Medical School, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Suport a La Recerca de Barcelona, Fundació Institut Universitari Per a La Recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol I Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Catalan Institute of Health, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit and Hospitalization at Home Unit, Dr, Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit and Hospitalization at Home Unit, Dr, Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Infanta Leonor University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Consorci Hospitalari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, University Hospital of Getafe, Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Basel, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- The GREAT Network, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Baylor School of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- The GREAT Network, Rome, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Short Stay Unit and Hospitalization at Home Unit, Dr, Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Clinic Barcelona Hospital University, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, c/ Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- The GREAT Network, Rome, Italy.
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Jiménez S, Miró Ò, Llorens P, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Burillo-Putze G, Piñera P, Martín A, Alquézar A, García-Lamberechts EJ, Jacob J, Grima ML, Millán J, Molina F, Albero PB, Cardozo C, Mòdol JM, Aguirre A, Gaya R, Adroher M, Llauger L, Díaz JJL, González NC, Aragües PL, Gómez AP, del Castillo JG. Incidence, risk factors, clinical characteristics and outcomes of deep venous thrombosis in patients with COVID-19 attending the Emergency Department: results of the UMC-19-S8. Eur J Emerg Med 2021; 28:218-226. [PMID: 33904528 PMCID: PMC8082992 DOI: 10.1097/mej.0000000000000783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE A higher incidence of venous thromboembolism [both pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (DVT)] in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been described. But little is known about the true frequency of DVT in patients who attend emergency department (ED) and are diagnosed with COVID-19. OBJECTIVE We investigated the incidence, risk factors, clinical characteristics and outcomes of DVT in patients with COVID-19 attending the ED before hospitalization. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all COVID patients diagnosed with DVT in 62 Spanish EDs (20% of Spanish EDs, case group) during the first 2 months of the COVID-19 outbreak. We compared DVT-COVID-19 patients with COVID-19 without DVT patients (control group). Relative frequencies of DVT were estimated in COVID and non-COVID patients visiting the ED and annual standardized incidences were estimated for both populations. Sixty-three patient characteristics and four outcomes were compared between cases and controls. RESULTS We identified 112 DVT in 74 814 patients with COVID-19 attending the ED [1.50‰; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.23-1.80‰]. This relative frequency was similar than that observed in non-COVID patients [2109/1 388 879; 1.52‰; 95% CI, 1.45-1.69‰; odds ratio (OR) = 0.98 [0.82-1.19]. Standardized incidence of DVT was higher in COVID patients (98,38 versus 42,93/100,000/year; OR, 2.20; 95% CI, 2.03-2.38). In COVID patients, the clinical characteristics associated with a higher risk of presenting DVT were older age and having a history of venous thromboembolism, recent surgery/immobilization and hypertension; chest pain and desaturation at ED arrival and some analytical disturbances were also more frequently seen, d-dimer >5000 ng/mL being the strongest. After adjustment for age and sex, hospitalization, ICU admission and prolonged hospitalization were more frequent in cases than controls, whereas mortality was similar (OR, 1.37; 95% CI, 0.77-2.45). CONCLUSIONS DVT was an unusual form of COVID presentation in COVID patients but was associated with a worse prognosis.
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- Sònia Jiménez
- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia
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- Emergency Department, Hospital General de Alicante, University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante
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- Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofia, Murcia
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Móstoles, Madrid
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset Aleixandre
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario General de Alicante
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Virgen de los Lirios, Alcoy, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia
- Emergency Department, Hospital Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, Tarragona
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta, Girona
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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- Emergency Department, Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofia, Murcia
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Lliria, Valencia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
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Miró Ò, Harjola P, Rossello X, Gil V, Jacob J, Llorens P, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Herrero P, Martínez-Nadal G, Aguiló S, López-Grima ML, Fuentes M, Álvarez Pérez JM, Rodríguez-Adrada E, Mir M, Tost J, Llauger L, Ruschitzka F, Harjola VP, Mullens W, Masip J, Chioncel O, Peacock WF, Müller C, Mebazaa A. The FAST-FURO study: effect of very early administration of intravenous furosemide in the prehospital setting to patients with acute heart failure attending the emergency department. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2021; 10:487-496. [PMID: 33580790 DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuaa042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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AIMS The effect of early administration of intravenous (IV) furosemide in the emergency department (ED) on short-term outcomes of acute heart failure (AHF) patients remains controversial, with one recent Japanese study reporting a decrease of in-hospital mortality and one Korean study reporting a lack of clinical benefit. Both studies excluded patients receiving prehospital IV furosemide and only included patients requiring hospitalization. To assess the impact on short-term outcomes of early IV furosemide administration by emergency medical services (EMS) before patient arrival to the ED. METHODS AND RESULTS In a secondary analysis of the Epidemiology of Acute Heart Failure in Emergency Departments (EAHFE) registry of consecutive AHF patients admitted to Spanish EDs, patients treated with IV furosemide at the ED were classified according to whether they received IV furosemide from the EMS (FAST-FURO group) or not (CONTROL group). In-hospital all-cause mortality, 30-day all-cause mortality, and prolonged hospitalization (>10 days) were assessed. We included 12 595 patients (FAST-FURO = 683; CONTROL = 11 912): 968 died during index hospitalization [7.7%; FAST-FURO = 10.3% vs. CONTROL = 7.5%; odds ratio (OR) = 1.403, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 1.085-1.813; P = 0.009], 1269 died during the first 30 days (10.2%; FAST-FURO = 13.4% vs. CONTROL = 9.9%; OR = 1.403, 95% CI = 1.146-1.764; P = 0.004), and 2844 had prolonged hospitalization (22.8%; FAST-FURO = 25.8% vs. CONTROL = 22.6%; OR = 1.189, 95% CI = 0.995-1.419; P = 0.056). FAST-FURO group patients had more diabetes mellitus, ischaemic cardiomyopathy, peripheral artery disease, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and severe decompensations, and had a better New York Heart Association class and had less atrial fibrillation. After adjusting for these significant differences, early IV furosemide resulted in no impact on short-term outcomes: OR = 1.080 (95% CI = 0.817-1.427) for in-hospital mortality, OR = 1.086 (95% CI = 0.845-1.396) for 30-day mortality, and OR = 1.095 (95% CI = 0.915-1.312) for prolonged hospitalization. Several sensitivity analyses, including analysis of 599 pairs of patients matched by propensity score, showed consistent findings. CONCLUSION Early IV furosemide during the prehospital phase was administered to the sickest patients, was not associated with changes in short-term mortality or length of hospitalization after adjustment for several confounders.
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- Òscar Miró
- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies" Research Group, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain
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- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Emergency Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain.,Cardiology Department & Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies" Research Group, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Home Hospitalization and Short Stay Unit, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department , Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies" Research Group, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies" Research Group, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- UniversitätsSpital Zürich, University Heart Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Emergency Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain.,Cardiology Department, Hospital Sanitas CIMA, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases 'Prof. C.C. Iliescu', University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
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- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, InsermU942-MASCOT, Saint Louis Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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Llauger L, Jacob J, Arturo Moreno L, Aguirre A, Martín-Mojarro E, Romero-Carrete JC, Martínez-Nadal G, Tost J, Corominas-Lasalle G, Roset À, Cardozo C, Suñén-Cuquerella G, Alarcón B, Herrera-Mateo S, Ruibal JC, Alquézar-Arbé A, Gil V, Donea R, Berenguer M, Llorens P, Villanueva-Cutillas B, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Herrero P, Miró Ò. Worsening renal function during an episode of acute heart failure and its relation to short- and long-term mortality: associated factors in the Epidemiology of Acute Heart Failure in Emergency Departments- Worsening Renal Function study. Emergencias 2020; 32:332-339. [PMID: 33006833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with worsening renal function (WRF) and explore associations with higher mortality in patients with acute heart failure (AHF). MATERIAL AND METHODS Seven emergency departments (EDs) in the EAHFE-EFRICA study (Spanish acronym for Epidemiology of AHF in EDs - WRF in AHF) consecutively included patients with AHF and creatinine levels determined in the ED and between 24 and 48 hours later. Patients with WRF were identified by an increase in creatinine level of 0.3 mg/dL or more. Forty-seven clinical characteristics were explored to identify those associated with WRF. To analyze for 30-day all-cause mortality we calculated odds ratios (ORs). To analyze mortality at the end of follow-up and by trimester, adjusted for between-group differences, we calculated hazard ratios (HRs). The data were analyzed by subgroups according to age, sex, baseline creatinine levels, AHF type, and risk group. RESULTS A total of 1627 patients were included. The subgroup of 220 (13.5%) with WRF were older, had higher systolic blood pressure, were more often treated with morphine, and had chronic renal failure; there was also a higher rate of hypertensive crisis as the trigger for AHF in patients with WRF. However, only chronic renal failure was independently associated with WRF (adjusted OR, 1.695; 95% CI, 1.264-2.273). The rate of 30-day mortality was 13.1% overall but higher in patients with WRF (20.9% vs 11.8% in patients without WRF; adjusted OR, 1.793; 95% CI, 1.207-2.664). Accumulated mortality at 18 months (average follow-up time, 14 mo/patient) was 40.0% overall but higher in patients with WRF (adjusted HR, 1.275; 95% CI, 1.018-1.598). Increased risk was greater in the first trimester. Subgroup analyses revealed no differences. CONCLUSION AHF with WRF in the first 48 hours after ED care is associated with higher mortality, especially in the first trimester after the emergency.
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- Lluís Llauger
- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Corta Estancia y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España
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- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, España
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Gil-Rodrigo A, Miró Ò, Piñera P, Burillo-Putze G, Jiménez S, Martín A, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Jacob J, Guardiola JM, García-Lamberechts EJ, Espinosa B, Martín Mojarro E, González Tejera M, Serrano L, Agüera C, Soy E, Llauger L, Juan MÁ, Palau A, Del Arco C, Rodríguez Miranda B, Maza Vera MT, Martín Quirós A, Tejada de Los Santos L, Ruiz de Lobera N, Iglesias Vela M, Torres Garate R, Alquézar-Arbé A, González Del Castillo J, Llorens P. Analysis of clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with COVID-19 based on a series of 1000 patients treated in Spanish emergency departments. Emergencias 2020; 32:233-241. [PMID: 32692000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical characteristics of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treated in hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Spain, and to assess associations between characteristics and outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS Prospective, multicenter, nested-cohort study. Sixty-one EDs included a random sample of all patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 1 and April 30, 2020. Demographic and baseline health information, including concomitant conditions; clinical characteristics related to the ED visit and complementary test results; and treatments were recorded throughout the episode in the ED. We calculated crude and adjusted odds ratios for risk of in-hospital death and a composite outcome consisting of the following events: intensive care unit admission, orotracheal intubation or mechanical ventilation, or in-hospital death. The logistic regression models were constructed with 3 groups of independent variables: the demographic and baseline health characteristics, clinical characteristics and complementary test results related to the ED episode, and treatments. RESULTS The mean (SD) age of patients was 62 (18) years. Most had high- or low-grade fever, dry cough, dyspnea, and diarrhea. The most common concomitant conditions were cardiovascular diseases, followed by respiratory diseases and cancer. Baseline patient characteristics that showed a direct and independent association with worse outcome (death and the composite outcome) were age and obesity. Clinical variables directly associated with worse outcomes were impaired consciousness and pulmonary crackles; headache was inversely associated with worse outcomes. Complementary test findings that were directly associated with outcomes were bilateral lung infiltrates, lymphopenia, a high platelet count, a D-dimer concentration over 500 mg/dL, and a lactate-dehydrogenase concentration over 250 IU/L in blood. CONCLUSION This profile of the clinical characteristics and comorbidity of patients with COVID-19 treated in EDs helps us predict outcomes and identify cases at risk of exacerbation. The information can facilitate preventive measures and improve outcomes.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Betacoronavirus
- COVID-19
- Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Comorbidity
- Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis
- Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology
- Coronavirus Infections/mortality
- Coronavirus Infections/therapy
- Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data
- Female
- Hospital Mortality
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Intubation, Intratracheal/statistics & numerical data
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Obesity/complications
- Odds Ratio
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis
- Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology
- Pneumonia, Viral/mortality
- Pneumonia, Viral/therapy
- Prognosis
- Prospective Studies
- Respiration Disorders/epidemiology
- Respiration, Artificial/statistics & numerical data
- SARS-CoV-2
- Sex Distribution
- Spain/epidemiology
- Symptom Assessment
- Young Adult
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- Adriana Gil-Rodrigo
- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofía, Murcia, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari Doctor Josep Trueta, Girona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, Tarragona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro de Vigo, Pontevedra, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), España
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Javaloyes P, Miró Ò, Gil V, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Jacob J, Herrero P, Takagi K, Alquézar-Arbé A, López Díez MP, Martín E, Bibiano C, Escoda R, Gil C, Fuentes M, Llopis García G, Álvarez Pérez JM, Jerez A, Tost J, Llauger L, Romero R, Garrido JM, Rodríguez-Adrada E, Sánchez C, Rossello X, Parissis J, Mebazaa A, Chioncel O, Llorens P. Clinical phenotypes of acute heart failure based on signs and symptoms of perfusion and congestion at emergency department presentation and their relationship with patient management and outcomes. Eur J Heart Fail 2019; 21:1353-1365. [PMID: 31127677 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute heart failure (AHF) according to clinical profiles based on congestion and perfusion determined in the emergency department (ED). METHODS AND RESULTS Overall, 11 261 unselected AHF patients from 41 Spanish EDs were classified according to perfusion (normoperfusion = warm; hypoperfusion = cold) and congestion (not = dry; yes = wet). Baseline and decompensation characteristics were recorded as were the main wards to which patients were admitted. The primary outcome was 1-year all-cause mortality; secondary outcomes were need for hospitalisation during the index AHF event, in-hospital all-cause mortality, prolonged hospitalisation, 7-day post-discharge ED revisit for AHF and 30-day post-discharge rehospitalisation for AHF. A total of 8558 patients (76.0%) were warm + wet, 1929 (17.1%) cold + wet, 675 (6.0%) warm + dry, and 99 (0.9%) cold + dry; hypoperfused (cold) patients were more frequently admitted to intensive care units and geriatrics departments, and warm + wet patients were discharged home without admission. The four phenotypes differed in most of the baseline and decompensation characteristics. The 1-year mortality was 30.8%, and compared to warm + dry, the adjusted hazard ratios were significantly increased for cold + wet (1.660; 95% confidence interval 1.400-1.968) and cold + dry (1.672; 95% confidence interval 1.189-2.351). Hypoperfused (cold) phenotypes also showed higher rates of index episode hospitalisation and in-hospital mortality, while congestive (wet) phenotypes had a higher risk of prolonged hospitalisation but decreased risk of rehospitalisation. No differences were observed among phenotypes in ED revisit risk. CONCLUSIONS Bedside clinical evaluation of congestion and perfusion of AHF patients upon ED arrival and classification according to phenotypic profiles proposed by the latest European Society of Cardiology guidelines provide useful complementary information and help to rapidly predict patient outcomes shortly after ED patient arrival.
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- Patricia Javaloyes
- Emergency Department, Short-Stay Unit and Home Hospitalization, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi iSunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi iSunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Musashi-Kosugi Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.,Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, AP-HP, Saint Louis and Lariboisière University Hospitals, Paris, France
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Sant Pau i Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi iSunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi iSunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi iSunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, AP-HP, Saint Louis and Lariboisière University Hospitals, Paris, France
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- Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Prof. C.C. Iliescu, University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
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- Emergency Department, Short-Stay Unit and Home Hospitalization, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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Roset A, Jacob J, Herrero-Puente P, Alquézar A, Martín-Sanchez FJ, Llorens P, Llauger L, Gil V, Miró Ò. Characteristics and prognosis of patients with acute heart failure without troponin determination: The EAHFE-TROPICA3 study. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2019; 112:390-399. [PMID: 31014989 DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The absence of cardiac troponin (cTn) determination in an episode of acute heart failure (AHF) is frequent. The characteristics of these patients are not well known; nor is it known whether they have a better prognosis than patients in whom cTn is determined. AIM The objective of the EAHFE-TROPICA3 study was to analyse the characteristics of patients consulting for AHF in whom cTn was not determined (nocTn), and to evaluate the relationship of cTn determination (wcTn) with patient outcomes. METHODS This was an analysis of the multipurpose prospective EAHFE registry of patients with AHF consulting at the emergency departments of 34 Spanish hospitals. RESULTS Data from 8850 patients with AHF were analysed; cTn was not determined in 4216 of these patients (47.6%), who had a lower prevalence of ischaemic heart disease, more frequent use of loop diuretics at baseline, a greater rate of oedema in the acute episode, more frequent history of heart failure, and less use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or aldosterone receptor antagonists and beta-blockers at baseline. Compared with the wcTn group, the nocTn group had the same in-hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.21, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.98-1.50), mortality at 30 days (adjusted OR 1.07, 95% CI 0.90-1.28) and reconsultation at 30 days (adjusted OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.80-1.02). CONCLUSIONS Patients presenting with AHF with and without cTn determination have different characteristics. These differences are not related to a better prognosis.
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- Alex Roset
- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08041 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Short-Stay Unit and Hospital At-Home, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, 03010 Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Vic, 08500 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, Research Group "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies", IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, Research Group "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies", IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Jacob J, Llauger L, Gil V, Javaloyes P. Hiperpotasemia, también en la insuficiencia cardiaca aguda. Rev Clin Esp 2019; 219:103-104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Miró Ò, Gil V, Rosselló X, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Llorens P, Jacob J, Herrero P, Herrera Mateo S, Richard F, Escoda R, Fuentes M, Martín Mojarro E, Llauger L, Bueno H, Pocock S. Patients with acute heart failure discharged from the emergency department and classified as low risk by the MEESSI score (multiple risk estimate based on the Spanish emergency department scale): prevalence of adverse events and predictability. Emergencias 2019; 31:5-14. [PMID: 30656867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the rate of adverse events in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) who were discharged from the emergency department (ED) after classification as low risk according to MEESSI score (multiple risk estimate based on the Spanish ED scale), to analyze the ability of the score to predict events, and to explore variables associated with adverse events. METHODS Patients in the EAHFE registry (Epidemiology of Acute Heart Failure in EDs) were stratified according to risk indicated by MEESSI score in order to identify those considered at low risk on discharge. All-cause 30-day mortality and revisits related to AHF within 7 days and 30 days were recorded. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was calculated for the MEESSI score's ability to predict these events. Associations between 42 variables and 7-day and 30-day revisits to the ED were analyzed by multivariable logistic regression. RESULTS A total of 1028 patients were included. The 30-day mortality rate was 1.6% (95% CI, 0.9%-2.5%). The 7-day and 30-day revisit rates were 8.0% (95% CI, 6.4%-9.8%) and 24.7% (95% CI, 22.1%-25.7%), respectively. The AUCs for MEESSI score discrimination between patients with and without these outcomes were as follows: 30-day mortality, 0.69 (95% CI, 0.58-0.80); 7-day revisiting, 0.56 (95% CI, 0.49-0.63); and 30-day revisiting, 0.54 (95% CI, 0.50-0.59). Variables associated with 7-day revisits were long-term diuretic treatment (odds ratio [OR], 2.45; 95% CI, 1.01-5.98), hemoglobin concentration less than 110 g/L (OR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.02-2.75), and intravenous diuretic treatment in the ED (OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.31-0.90). Variables associated with 30-day revisits were peripheral artery disease (OR, 1.74; 95% CI, 1.01-3.00), prior history of an AHF episode (OR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.02-1.98), long-term mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist treatment (OR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.09-2.67), Barthel index less than 90 points in the ED (OR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.07-2.06), and intravenous diuretic treatment in the ED (OR, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.40-0.84). CONCLUSION Patients with AHF who are at low risk for adverse events on discharge from our EDs have event rates that are near internationally recommended targets. The MEESSI score, which was designed to predict 30-day mortality, is a poor predictor of 7-day or 30-day revisiting in these low-risk patients. We identified other factors related to these events.
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- Òscar Miró
- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona; Grupo de Investigación "Urgencias: Procesos y Patologías", IDIBAPS, Barcelona, España. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Barcelona, España
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- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona; Grupo de Investigación "Urgencias: Procesos y Patologías", IDIBAPS, Barcelona, España
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- Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, Reino Unido. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, España. CIBER de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC); Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Corta Estancia y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elx, Alicante, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España
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- Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona; Grupo de Investigación "Urgencias: Procesos y Patologías", IDIBAPS, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, España
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, España. Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España
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- Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, Reino Unido. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, España
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Llauger L, Jacob J, Miró Ò. Renal function and acute heart failure outcome. Med Clin (Barc) 2018; 151:281-290. [PMID: 29884452 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2018.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 04/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The interaction between acute heart failure (AHF) and renal dysfunction is complex. Several studies have evaluated the prognostic value of this syndrome. The aim of this systematic review, which includes non-selected samples, was to investigate the impact of different renal function variables on the AHF prognosis. The categories included in the studies reviewed included: creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), the BUN/creatinine quotient, chronic kidney disease, the formula to estimate the glomerular filtration rate, criteria of acute renal injury and new biomarkers of renal damage such as neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL and cystatin c). The basal alterations of the renal function, as well as the acute alterations, transient or not, are related to a worse prognosis in AHF, it is therefore necessary to always have baseline, acute and evolutive renal function parameters.
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- Lluís Llauger
- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Vic (Barcelona), España.
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), España
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Miró Ò, Gil VÍ, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Jacob J, Herrero P, Alquézar A, Llauger L, Aguiló S, Martínez G, Ríos J, Domínguez-Rodríguez A, Harjola VP, Müller C, Parissis J, Peacock WF, Llorens P. Short-term outcomes of heart failure patients with reduced and preserved ejection fraction after acute decompensation according to the final destination after emergency department care. Clin Res Cardiol 2018; 107:698-710. [PMID: 29594372 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-018-1237-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AIMS To compare short-term outcomes after an episode of acute heart failure (AHF) in patients with reduced and preserved ejection fractions (HFrEF, < 40%; and HFpEF, > 49%; respectively) according to their destinations after emergency department (ED) care. METHODS AND RESULTS This secondary analysis of the EAHFE Registry (consecutive AHF patients diagnosed in 41 Spanish EDs) investigated 30-day all-cause mortality, in-hospital all-cause mortality, prolonged hospitalisation (> 7 days), and 30-day post-discharge ED revisit due to AHF, all-cause death, and combined endpoint (ED revisit/death) in 5829 patients with echocardiographically documented HFrEF and HfpEF (HFrEF/HFpEF: 1,442/4,387). Adjusted ratios were calculated for patients admitted to internal medicine (IM), short stay unit (SSU), and discharged from the ED without hospitalisation (DEDWH) and compared with those admitted to cardiology. For HFrEF, the only significant differences were lower in-hospital mortality (OR = 0.26; 95% CI 0.08-0.81; p = 0.021) and prolonged hospitalisation (OR = 0.07; 95% CI 0.04-0.13; p < 0.001) related to SSU admission. For HFpEF, IM admission had a higher post-discharge 30-day mortality (HR = 1.85; 95% CI 1.05-3.25; p = 0.033) and combined endpoint (HR = 1.24; 95% CI 1.01-1.64; p = 0.044); SSU admission had a lower in-hospital mortality (OR = 0.43; 95% CI 0.23-0.80; p = 0.008) and prolonged hospitalisation (OR = 0.17; 95% CI 0.13-0.23; p < 0.001) but a higher post-discharge 30-day combined endpoint (HR = 1.29; 95% CI 1.01-1.64; p = 0.041); and DEDDWH had a lower 30-day mortality (HR = 0.46; 95% CI 0.28-0.75; p = 0.002) but higher post-discharge ED revisit (HR = 1.62; 95% CI 1.31-2.00; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION While HFrEF patients have similar short-term outcomes irrespective of the destination after ED care for an AHF episode, HFpEF patients present worse short-term outcomes when managed by non-cardiology departments, despite adjustment for different clinical patient profiles. Reasons for this heterogeneous specialty-related performance should be investigated.
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- Òscar Miró
- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. .,Medical School, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Medical Statistics Core Facility, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias and Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Europea de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Heart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Emergency Department, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Home Hospitalization and Short Stay Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.,Medical School, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Alicante, Spain
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