INITIATION OF LOOP DIURETICS HAS NO ASSOCIATION WITH 30-DAY ALL-CAUSE OR HEART FAILURE READMISSIONS OR ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN OLDER MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE

Methods Of the 8049 Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for HF and discharged alive from 106 U.S. hospitals (1998-2001), 2330 received no pre-admission diuretics, of which 1526 (66%) received a discharge prescription for a loop diuretic (90% furosemide).

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2016-04, Vol.67 (13), p.1548-1548
Main Authors: Hashim, Taimoor, Morgan, Charity, Zhang, Sijian, Prabhu, Sumanth, Deedwania, Prakash, Fletcher, Ross, Fonarow, Gregg, Butler, Javed, Aronow, Wilbert, Wu, Wen-Chih H, Adamopoulos, Chris, Kanonidis, Ioannis, Anker, Stefan D, Allman, Richard M, Ahmed, Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beneficiaries
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Diuretics
Heart failure
Internal Medicine
Medicare
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Summary:Methods Of the 8049 Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for HF and discharged alive from 106 U.S. hospitals (1998-2001), 2330 received no pre-admission diuretics, of which 1526 (66%) received a discharge prescription for a loop diuretic (90% furosemide).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(16)31549-2