Congestive Heart Failure, Renal Insufficiency
Conditions
Keywords
Heart failure, Revisit, Emergency room
Brief summary
To identify the risk factors of the revisit of the adult HF patients in emergency department.
Detailed description
Because heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization and readmission in many hospitals worldwide. Identifying the risk factors of these HF patients in emergency department is the important reason for the proper management of the HF patients in the future. And can reduce number of hospitalization and readmission in our hospital.
Interventions
OTHERPatient charts reviewing
Reviewing chart and identifying risk factors
Sponsors
Mahidol University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients age from 18 years old * Patients who were diagnosed HF by the Framingham's criteria10 * Patients who were discharged home from emergency department
Exclusion criteria
* Patients age less than 18 years old * Patients who not met Framingham's criteria, needed hospital admission, were referred to other hospital, and death
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of HF patients who were revisited emergency department before the appointment date. | 1 year | All HF-peatient charts were reviewed and divided in revisit group and non revisit group. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Characteristics of the patients in revisit group | 1 year | The Characteristics of the patients in both groups such as underlying diseases, ejection fraction, and time for treating in emergency department. The results were compared to find the relation between both groups. |
Countries
Thailand
Outcome results
None listed