Predictors and outcomes of infection-related hospital admissions of heart failure patients

Infections are one of the most common causes for hospitalization of patients with heart failure (HF). Yet, little is known regarding the prevalence and predictors of different types of acute infections as well as their impact on outcome among this growing population. We identified all patients aged...

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Published in:PloS one 2013-08, Vol.8 (8), p.e72476-e72476
Main Authors: Alon, Danny, Stein, Gideon Y, Korenfeld, Roman, Fuchs, Shmuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacteremia
Cardiac patients
Chronic obstructive lung disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Comorbidity
Cross infection
Echocardiography
Female
Geriatrics
Health risks
Heart attack
Heart diseases
Heart failure
Heart Failure - complications
Heart Failure - epidemiology
Heart Failure - mortality
Hospital admission and discharge
Hospital patients
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Hypertension
Infection - complications
Infection - diagnosis
Infection - etiology
Infections
Internal medicine
Lung diseases
Male
Medicine
Mortality
Myocardial infarction
Obstructive lung disease
Older people
Patient Outcome Assessment
Patient outcomes
Patients
Pneumonia
Prevalence
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Sepsis
Short term
Skin
Statistical analysis
Urinary tract infections
Ventricle
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Summary:Infections are one of the most common causes for hospitalization of patients with heart failure (HF). Yet, little is known regarding the prevalence and predictors of different types of acute infections as well as their impact on outcome among this growing population. We identified all patients aged 50 or older with a major diagnosis of HF and at least one echocardiography examination who had been hospitalized over a 10-year period (January 2000 and December 2009). Infection-associated admissions were identified according to discharge diagnoses. Among 9,335 HF patients, 3530 (38%) were hospitalized at least once due to infections. The most frequent diagnoses were respiratory infection (52.6%) and sepsis/bacteremia (23.6%) followed by urinary (15.7%) and skin and soft tissue infections (7.8%). Hospitalizations due to infections compared to other indications were associated with increased 30-day mortality (13% vs. 8%, p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0072476