February 1, 2005JAMA
Risk Stratification for In-Hospital Mortality in Acutely Decompensated Heart FailureClassification and Regression Tree Analysis
Why the study?
Can the ADHERE risk tree using admission vital signs and laboratory data accurately stratify the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with acutely decompensated heart failure?
Population
Patients with Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
In-hospital
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May aid admission risk stratification in ADHF; leaves open prospective outcome impact before practice change.
Structured PICO
Can the ADHERE risk tree using admission vital signs and laboratory data accurately stratify the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with acutely decompensated heart failure?
P
Population
Patients with Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF)
I
Intervention
ADHERE risk tree (risk stratification using vital sign and laboratory data obtained on hospital admission)
O
Outcome
In-hospital mortalityhard clinical
The ADHERE risk tree provides clinicians with a validated, practical bedside tool for mortality risk stratification in patients with acutely decompensated heart failure.
Cite This Study
Gregg C. Fonarow (2005) studied this question.