ArticleCurrent heart failure reports2012
The challenge of heart failure discharge from the emergency department.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Lung ultrasound-guided management to reduce hospitalization in chronic heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Heart failure reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Improving the EHMRG Prognostic Evaluation of Acute Heart Failure with TAPSE/PASp: A Sequential Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Changes in Acute Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and Heart Failure Hospitalizations During COVID-19 Pandemic in Tuscany-An Interrupted Time Series Study.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- Impact of ED Organization with a Holding Area and a Dedicated Team on the Adherence to International Guidelines for Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Experience of an Emergency Department Organized in Areas of Intensity of Care.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Clinical Predictors Influencing the Length of Stay in Emergency Department Patients Presenting with Acute Heart Failure.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
- Role of a Brief Intensive Observation Area with a Dedicated Team of Doctors in the Management of Acute Heart Failure Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Observational
- Implementation and impact analysis of a transitional care pathway for patients presenting to the emergency department with cardiac-related complaints.BMC health services research · 2018Observational
- Creation and validation of the acute heart failure risk score: AHFRS.Internal and emergency medicine · 2017Article
- Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department: Respiratory Rate as a Risk Predictor.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
Acute decompensated heart failure is a common reason for presentation to the emergency department and is associated with high rates of admission to hospital. Distinguishing between higher-risk patients needing hospitalization and lower-risk patients suitable for discharge home is important to optimize both cost-effectiveness and clinical outcomes. However, this can be challenging and few validated risk stratification tools currently exist to help clinicians. Some prognostic variables predict risks broadly in those who are admitted or discharged from the emergency department. Risk stratification methods such as the Emergency Heart Failure Mortality Risk Grade and Acute Heart Failure Index clinical decision support tools, which utilize many of these predictors, have been found to be accurate in identifying low-risk patients. The use of observation units may also be a cost-effective adjunctive strategy that can assist in determining disposition from the emergency department.
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