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Elderly patients hospitalized for heart failure had an in-hospital mortality rate of 19.6% and a 35.7% rate of discharge to care facilities.
Observational (n=56)
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Elderly heart failure patients admitted through the emergency department have high in-hospital mortality and frequently require discharge to care facilities, highlighting the need for palliative and QOL-focused management.
May warrant palliative planning in elderly HF admissions; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
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Saito et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Elderly heart failure (n=56). Elderly patients hospitalized for heart failure had an in-hospital mortality rate of 19.6% and a 35.7% rate of discharge to care facilities.
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