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Table 5 Outcomesa

From: Management of suspected acute heart failure dyspnea in the emergency department: results from the French prospective multicenter DeFSSICA survey

 

HF (n = 537)

Not HF (n = 158)

P

Precipitating factors

 Unknown

227 (43)

NA

NA

 Infection

135 (25)

NA

NA

 Rhythm disorder

81 (15)

NA

NA

 Hypertension

57 (11)

NA

NA

 Non-adherence to treatment

31 (5.8)

NA

NA

 Acute coronary syndrome

23 (4.3)

NA

NA

 Eating disorder

20 (3.7)

NA

NA

 Diabetes decompensation

10 (1.9)

NA

NA

Discharge destination

  

<.0001

 Cardiology

150 (28)

16 (10)

 

 Geriatric medicine

62 (12)

5 (3.2)

 

 Other medical unit

105 (20)

45 (29)

 

 Cardiology intensive care unit

67 (13)

15 (9.5)

 

 Resuscitation unit

17 (3.2)

8 (5.1)

 

 ED hospitalization unit

77 (14)

28 (18)

 

 Back home

28 (5.2)

29 (19)

 

 Other

28 (5.2)

11 (6.9)

 

Destination considered appropriate

405 (76)

123 (78)

.59

Outcome

 In-hospital mortality

30 (5.6)

21 (14)

.0030

 Still hospitalized at 30 days

34 (6.8)

4 (3.4)

.13

Length of stay, days

7 (3–12)

5 (1–9)

.00063

  1. ED emergency department, HF heart failure, IQR interquartile range, NA not applicable
  2. aData are presented as n (%) or median (IQR). Percentages for whole table are out of patients with non-missing data