Does calculated plasma volume status predict the composite of all-cause death and unplanned hospitalization for worsening HF in patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure?
Calculated plasma volume status (PVS) at admission and discharge is a useful, non-invasive predictor of poor clinical outcomes and mode of death in patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure.
Background:Congestion is one of the main predictors of poor outcome in patients with heart failure (HF); thus, a simple tool to evaluate plasma volume (PV), which can be used for risk stratification of HF patients, is necessary. We sought to compare the prognostic values of commonly used formulas for the estimation of PV and relative PV status (PVS) in patients admitted with acute decompensated HF (ADHF).
Tamaki et al. (Fri,) studied this question.