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Acute Congestive Heart Failure Urgent Care Evaluation

Completed
Conditions
Heart Failure
Registration Number
NCT02634762
Lead Sponsor
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Brief Summary

This prospective validation study evaluates the ability of a risk algorithm, which can simultaneously predict the risk of death at 7 days and 30 days for patients with acute heart failure presenting to the emergency department. The risk algorithms for prediction of 7-day (Emergency Heart failure Mortality Risk Grade \[EHMRG\]) and 30-day mortality (EHMRG30-ST) have been previously derived.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1983
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with acute heart failure diagnosed in the emergency department
Exclusion Criteria
  • Palliative or do-not-resuscitate (DNR) directive
  • Dialysis dependent

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mortality30 days

Death within 30 days after emergency department presentation for heart failure

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Health Network

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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