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

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Renal Insufficiency; Congestive Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: Patient charts reviewing

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01373775

740/2551(EC1)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 533 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

533 participants in 2 patient groups

Revisit

Description:

HF patients who revisit the emergency department before the next appointment date.

Treatment:

Other: Patient charts reviewing

Non-revisit

Description:

HF patients who follow up on the appointment date.

Treatment:

Other: Patient charts reviewing