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The effect of early diuretic therapy in the emergency department on clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure

Recruiting
Conditions
Mortality rate in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure and treated with IV diuretics.
Heart failure, mortality, diuretics
Registration Number
TCTR20221122001
Lead Sponsor
Emergency Medicine Department, Nakornping Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1077
Inclusion Criteria

Patients hospitalized with acute heart failure who were treated with IV furosemide within 24 hours after ED arrival.
1. Age >= 20 years old
2. Treated and hospitalized through emergency department
3. Acute heart failure diagnosed on basis of Framingham criteria

Exclusion Criteria

1. Final diagnosis is not acute heart failure
2. Only OPD treatment / No hospitalization
3. Patients received the first dose of diuretics >24 h after ED arrival (D2D time > 24 hours)
4. No definite D2D time
5. ESRD patient who on regular dialysis (both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis)
6. Acute STEMI patients who require immediate revascularization

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
In-hospital mortality rate Throughout admission Dead in admission
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hospital length of stay Throughout admission Days of hospitalization (from admission to discharge),Ventilator days Throughout admission Duration (days) of mechanical ventilation,Need for endotracheal intubation at ward Within 24 hours after ED arrival Number of patient who admit without ETT but progression and need ETT at ward,30-day readmission rate due to AHF 30 days from first ED arrival Readmission within 30 days
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