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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2016

Care Setting Intensity and Outcomes After Emergency Department Presentation Among Patients With Acute Heart Failure.

Livia Goldraich, Peter C Austin, Limei Zhou, Jack V Tu, Michael J Schull, Susanna Mak, Heather J Ross, David A Morrow, Douglas S Lee

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Effect of noninvasive ventilation on intubation risk in prehospital patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema: a retrospective study.European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Livia GoldraichDivision of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Peter C AustinInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Limei ZhouInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jack V TuInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Michael J SchullInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Susanna MakMt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Heather J RossDivision of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
David A MorrowThe Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Douglas S LeeDivision of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada dlee@ices.on.ca.

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP114937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with heart failure (HF) presenting to the emergency department (ED) can be admitted to care settings of different intensity, where the intensive care unit (ICU) is the highest intensity, ward admission is intermediate intensity, and those discharged home are of lowest intensity. Despite the costs associated with higher-intensity care, little is known about disposition decisions and outcomes of HF patients treated in different care settings. METHODS AND

resultsWe identified predictors of ICU or ward admission and determined whether survival differs in patients admitted to higher-intensity versus lower-intensity care settings (ie, ICU vs ward, or ward vs ED-discharged). Among 9054 patients (median, 78 years; 51% men) presenting to an ED in Ontario, Canada, 1163 were ICU-admitted, 5240 ward-admitted, and 2651 were ED-discharged. Predictors of ICU (vs ward) admission included: use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 2.01; 95% CI, 1.36-2.98), higher respiratory rate (OR, 1.10 per 5 breaths/min; 95% CI, 1.05-1.15), and lower oxygen saturation (OR, 0.90 per 5%; 95% CI, 0.86-0.94; all P<0.001). Predictors of ward-admitted versus ED-discharged were similar. Propensity-matched analysis comparing lower-risk ICU to ward-admitted patients demonstrated a nonsignificant trend at 100 days (relative risk [RR], 0.69; 95% CI, 0.43-1.10; P=0.148). At 1 year, however, survival was higher among those initially admitted to ICU (RR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.49-0.94; P=0.022). There was no survival difference among low-risk ward-admitted versus ED-discharged patients.

conclusionsRespiratory factors were associated with admission to higher-intensity settings. There was no difference in early survival between some lower-risk patients admitted to higher-intensity units compared to those treated in lower-intensity settings.

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Emergency Service, HospitalHospitalizationIntensive Care UnitsPatient DischargeSurvival RateAcute DiseaseAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHeart FailureHospital UnitsHumansHypoxiaMaleMiddle AgedNoninvasive Ventilationacute heart failurecritical careemergency departmentheart failurehospital dispositionintensive caremortalityprocesses of carequality of carerisk prediction

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PMCPMC5015368

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