Acute Heart Failure Study in Patients Admitted to Emergency Department for Dyspnea

Predictive Criteria of Acute Heart Failure (AHF) in Patients Admitted to Emergency Department for Dyspnea.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02835963

Acronym

PREDICA

Enrollment

342

Registered

2016-07-18

Start date

2016-03-31

Completion date

2016-12-31

Last updated

2022-01-28

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Conditions

Heart Failure

Keywords

acute heart failure, dyspnea, predictive value

Brief summary

No studies have analyzed the predictive value of different anamnestic and clinical signs for the diagnosis of acute heart failure (AHF) in patients admitted to emergency department. That's why the expert group of the AHF of South West of France mobilizes to conduct this study to evaluate the diagnostic predictive value of different anamnestic and clinical signs for the diagnosis of AHF to emergencies.

Detailed description

There is no recommendation of the French Society of Emergency Medicine (SFMU) on the management of the acute heart failure in the emergency department. The present study hypothesizes that identifying anamnestic and clinical criteria of AHF in patients admitted to emergency department for acute dyspnea would optimize the management of these patients upon arrival to the emergency department and to implement rapidly the appropriate therapeutic strategies. All patients admitted for dyspnea will be enrolled by the emergency physicians (after verification of inclusion and exclusion criteria) in the 3 participating centers. Then, all files will be analyzed retrospectively from information collected by a committee of experts cardiologists and emergency physicians of each center. The primary objective is the evaluation of diagnostic predictive value of different anamnestic and clinical signs for the diagnosis of AHF in emergency department for the construction of a clinical prediction score of acute heart failure. The secondary objective is the description of the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients admitted to the emergency for acute dyspnea.

Interventions

OTHERData collection

Usual data collection

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients ≥ 18 years * Admitted to emergency department for acute dyspnea

Exclusion criteria

* Traumatic dyspnea * shock / Systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
diagnosis of AHF after expertise	12 months	The final diagnosis of AHF after expertise of patients records by a committee of experts cardiologists and emergency physicians.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients admitted to the emergency for acute dyspnea	Baseline	The secondary objective is the description of the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients admitted to the emergency for acute dyspnea

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026