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Vol. 150. Issue 5.
Pages 167-177 (March 2018)
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Vol. 150. Issue 5.
Pages 167-177 (March 2018)
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Short-term reconsultation, hospitalisation, and death rates after discharge from the emergency department in patients with acute heart failure and analysis of the associated factors. The ALTUR-ICA Study
Tasas de reconsulta, hospitalización y muerte a corto plazo tras el alta directa desde Urgencias de pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca aguda y análisis de los factores asociados. Estudio ALTUR-ICA
Òscar Miróa, Víctor Gila, Francisco Javier Martín-Sánchezb, Pablo Herreroc, Javier Jacobd, Carolina Sáncheza, Carolina Xipella, Sira Aguilóa, Pere Llorense,
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, on behalf of the ICA-SEMES group
a Grupo de Investigación «Urgencias: Procesos y Patologías», Área de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, Institut D’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
b Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
c Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
d Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
e Servicio de Urgencias, Corta Estancia y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General de Alicante, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL-FISABIO), Alicante, Spain
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Table 1. Characteristics of patients with acute heart failure discharged directly from the Emergency Department, and the comparison of these characteristics depending on whether the patient presents any of the adverse events defined in this study at 30-days.
Table 2. Comparison of the characteristics of patients with acute heart failure included in this study according to whether or not they presented the combined episode within the first 7 days after the index episode.
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Abstract
Background and objectives

The aim of this study was to define the following in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) discharged directly from accident and emergency (A&E): rates of reconsultation to A&E and hospitalisation for AHF, and all-cause death at 30 days, rate of combined event at 7 days and the factors associated with these rates.

Patients and method

The study included patients consecutively diagnosed with AHF during 2 months in 27 Spanish A&E departments who were discharged from A&E without hospitalisation. We collected 43 independent variables, monitored patients for 30 days and evaluated predictive factors for adverse events using Cox regression analysis.

Results

We evaluated 785 patients (78±9) years, 54.7% women). The rates of reconsultation, hospitalisation, and death at 30 days and the combined event at 7 days were: 26.1, 15.7, 1.7 and 10.6%, respectively. The independent factors associated with reconsultation were no endovenous diuretics administered in A&E (HR 2.86; 95% CI 2.01–4.04), glomerular filtration rate (GFR)<60ml/min/m2 (1.94; 1.37–2.76) and previous AHF episodes (1.48; 1.02–2.13); for hospitalisation these factors were no endovenous diuretics in A&E (2.97; 1.96–4.48), having heart valve disease (1.61; 1.04–2.48), blood oxygen saturation at arrival to A&E<95% (1.60; 1.06–2.42); and for the combined event no endovenous diuretics in A&E (3.65; 2.19–6.10), GFR<60ml/min/m2 (2.22; 1.31–3.25), previous AHF episodes (1.95; 1.04–3.25), and use of endovenous nitrates (0.13; 0.02–0.99).

Conclusion

This is the first study in Spain to describe the rates of adverse events in patients with AHF discharged directly from A&E and define the associated factors. These data should help establish the most adequate approaches to managing these patients.

Keywords:
Acute heart failure
Death
Reconsultation
Hospitalisation
Accident and emergency
Resumen
Fundamento y objetivos

Definir en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca aguda (ICA) dados de alta directamente desde Urgencias: las tasas de reconsulta a Urgencias y hospitalización por ICA y de muerte por cualquier causa a 30 días; la tasa de estos 3 episodios combinados a 7 días; y los factores asociados con tales episodios.

Pacientes y método

Incluimos pacientes diagnosticados consecutivamente de ICA durante 2 meses en 27 servicios de urgencias hospitalarios (SUH) dados de alta sin hospitalización. Recogimos 43 variables independientes, con seguimiento a 30 días, e investigamos los factores predictivos para episodios adversos mediante regresión de Cox.

Resultados

Evaluamos 785 pacientes (78±9 años, 54,7% mujeres). Las tasas de reconsulta, hospitalización y mortalidad a 30 días, y de episodio combinado a 7 días fueron de 26,1, 15,7, 1,7 y 10,6%, respectivamente. Los factores independientes asociados a reconsulta fueron no administrar diuréticos intravenosos en urgencias (HR 2,86; IC 95% 2,01-4,04), tasa de filtrado glomerular (TFG)<60ml/min/m2 (1,94; 1,37-2,76) y episodios previos de ICA (1,48; 1,02-2,13); los asociados a hospitalización fueron no administrar diuréticos intravenosos (2,97; 1,96-4,48), tener cardiopatía valvular (1,61; 1,04-2,48) y saturación arterial de oxígeno a la llegada al SUH<95% (1,60; 1,06-2,42); y los asociados a episodio combinado, no administrar diurético intravenoso (3,65; 2,19-6,10), TFG<60ml/min/m2 (2,22; 1,31-3,25), episodios previos de ICA (1,95; 1,04-3,25) y uso de nitratos intravenosos (0,13; 0,02-0,99).

Conclusión

Presentamos por primera vez en España las tasas de episodios adversos en pacientes con ICA dados de alta directamente desde los SUH y definimos los factores asociados, lo cual debería ayudar a determinar acciones para mejorar la selección de los pacientes candidatos al alta directa desde Urgencias.

Palabras clave:
Insuficiencia cardiaca aguda
Mortalidad
Reconsulta
Hospitalización
Urgencias

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