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December 4, 2018SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología298 citationsOpen Access

Impact of Frailty on Mortality and Hospitalization in Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

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Why the study?

Does frailty increase the risk of mortality and hospitalization in patients with chronic heart failure?

Population

Patients with chronic heart failure

Comparison

Presence of frailty vs Absence of frailty

Design

Meta-analysis

Follow-up

median 1.82 years for mortality and 1.12 years for…

Authors

XYXiaobo YangJLJosep LupónMVMaría Teresa Vidán

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Overview

Frailty may refine risk stratification in chronic HF; confirms consistent association with mortality and hospitalization.

Structured PICO

Does frailty increase the risk of mortality and hospitalization in patients with chronic heart failure?

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Population
Patients with chronic heart failure (8 studies pooling 2,645 patients for mortality, 6 studies pooling 2,541 patients for hospitalization)
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Intervention
Presence of frailty
C
Comparator
Absence of frailty
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Outcome
Mortality and incident hospitalizationhard clinical

Frailty in chronic heart failure is associated with an approximately 1.5-fold increased hazard for both death and hospitalization.

Cite This Study

Yang et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6996136a6181fca62d0efc32https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.117.008251
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