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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Predicting In-Hospital Acute Heart Failure Worsening in the Oldest Old: Insights from Point-of-Care Ultrasound.

Tessa Mazzarone, Virginia Morelli, Andrea Giusti, Maria Giovanna Bianco, Lorenzo Maccioni, Cristina Cargiolli, Daniela Guarino, Agostino Virdis, Chukwuma Okoye

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Tessa MazzaroneGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Virginia MorelliGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Andrea GiustiGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Maria Giovanna BiancoGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Lorenzo MaccioniGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Cristina CargiolliGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Daniela GuarinoGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Agostino VirdisGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Chukwuma OkoyeGeriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2969-7393
University of Pisa · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The decompensation trajectory check is a basic step to assess the clinical course and to plan future therapy in hospitalized patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). Due to the atypical presentation and clinical complexity, trajectory checks can be challenging in older patients with acute HF. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has proved to be helpful in the clinical decision-making of patients with dyspnea; however, to date, no study has attempted to verify its role in predicting determinants of ADHF in-hospital worsening. In this single-center, cross-sectional study, we consecutively enrolled patients aged 75 or older hospitalized with ADHF in a tertiary care hospital. All of the patients underwent a complete clinical examination, blood tests, and POCUS, including Lung Ultrasound and Focused Cardiac Ultrasound. Out of 184 patients hospitalized with ADHF, 60 experienced ADHF in-hospital worsening. By multivariable logistic analysis, total Pleural Effusion Score (PEFs) [aO.R.: 1.15 (CI95% 1.02-1.33),

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