Risk Factors of the Revisit of the Adult Heart Failure Patients in Emergency Department Siriraj Hospital

Mahidol University533 enrolled

Overview

To identify the risk factors of the revisit of the adult HF patients in emergency department.

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

533

Conditions

Congestive Heart Failure Renal Insufficiency

Interventions

Patient charts reviewingOTHER

Reviewing chart and identifying risk factors

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Emergency department, Siriraj hospital

Bangkok, Thailand

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of HF patients who were revisited emergency department before the appointment date.

All HF-peatient charts were reviewed and divided in revisit group and non revisit group.

Time frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Characteristics of the patients in revisit group

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.

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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