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ArticleInternational journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature2021

Causes of mortality in a department of cardiology over a 15-year period.

Basheer Karkabi, Razi Khoury, Barak Zafrir, Ronen Jaffe, Salim Adawi, Idit Lavi, Jorge E Schliamser, Moshe Y Flugelman, Avinoam Shiran

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Basheer KarkabiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Razi KhouryDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Barak ZafrirDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Ronen JaffeDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Salim AdawiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Idit LaviDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Jorge E SchliamserDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Moshe Y FlugelmanDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Avinoam ShiranDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

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Abstract

aimsOver the last four decades, in-hospital mortality from acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has declined. We characterized the patients who died in our cardiovascular intensive care unit (CICU) over a 15-year period. Based on these data, we described the changing patient population in the CICU.

methodsThis retrospective study compared characteristics of patients who died in our CICU in 2005-6, 2013-4 and 2019. During these 5 years, 13,931 patients were hospitalized; 251 (1.8%) died. The mean age of the patients who died was 76 years, 144 (57%) were men. ACS was the leading cause of admission (93 patients, 37%), and 145 (58%) patients had a history of heart failure prior to hospitalization. The leading cause of death was cardiogenic shock in 104 (41%) patients, septic shock in 48 (19%) patients, and combined cardiogenic and septic shock in 31 (12%). Patients hospitalized in the later years of the study were significantly older (67.7, 69.0 and 70.5 years, 2005-6, 2013-4 and 2019, respectively, p < 0.02) but their medical characteristics did not differ significantly between the years examined.

conclusionsThe profile of the patients who died did not change significantly over the 15-year study period. Age of admitted patients was higher in later years of the study. The leading cause of admission was ACS and the leading causes of death were cardiogenic and septic shock. Based on our observations, additional skills should be added to the curriculum of cardiology, including the management of patients with multiorgan failure.

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Acute coronary syndromesCardiac intensive care unitIn hospital mortality

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PMCPMC7749373

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