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. 2020 Dec;18(4):126-132.
doi: 10.3121/cmr.2020.1521. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and 30-Day Readmission

Manjari Rani Regmi  1 , Mukul Bhattarai  2 , Priyanka Parajuli  2 , Odalys Estefania Lara Garcia  2 , Nitin Tandan  2 , Nicolas Ferry  3 , Asad Cheema  2 , Youssef Chami  2 , Robert Robinson  2
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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and 30-Day Readmission

Manjari Rani Regmi et al. Clin Med Res. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: Several studies identify heart failure (HF) as a potential risk for hospital readmission; however, studies on predictability of heart failure readmission is limited. The objective of this work was to investigate whether a specific type of heart failure (HFpEF or HFrEF) has a higher association to the rate of 30-day hospital readmission and compare their predictability with the two risk scores: HOSPITAL score and LACE index.

Design: Retrospective study from single academic center.

Methods: Sample size included adult patients from an academic hospital in a two-year period (2015 - 2017). Exclusion criteria included death, transfer to another hospital, and unadvised leave from hospital. Baseline characteristics, diagnosis-related group, and ICD diagnosis codes were obtained. Variables affecting HOSPITAL score and LACE index and types of heart failure present were also extracted. Qualitative variables were compared using Pearson chi2 or Fisher's exact test (reported as frequency) and quantitative variables using non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test (reported as mean ± standard deviation). Variables from univariate analysis with P values of 0.05 or less were further analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Odds ratio was used to measure potential risk.

Results: The sample size of adult patients in the study period was 1,916. All eligible cohort of patients who were readmitted were analyzed. Cumulative score indicators of HOSPITAL Score, LACE index (including the Charlson Comorbidity Index) predicted 30-day readmissions with P values of <0.001. The P value of HFpEF was found to be significant in the readmitted group (P < 0.001) compared to HFrEF (P = 0.141). Multivariate logistic regression further demonstrated the association of HFpEF with higher risk of readmission with odds ratio of 1.77 (95% CI: 1.25 - 2.50) and P value of 0.001.

Conclusions: Our data from an academic tertiary care center supports HFpEF as an independent risk factor for readmission. Multidisciplinary management of HFpEF may be an important target for interventions to reduce hospital readmissions.

Keywords: 30-day readmission; HFpEF; HFrEF; HOSPITAL score; Heart Failure; LACE index.

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Flowsheet of total sample size
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