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Heart failure is a common cause of admission to district general hospitals, primarily affecting the elderly, and is associated with high hospital mortality and poor long-term prognosis. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

April 1, 1992Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of LondonOpen Access

Heart Failure in a District General Hospital

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140 patients admitted with heart failure to a district general hospital in North-West London over a…

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Follow-up

1 year

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JPJayan ParameshwarHeart Failure & Transplant PPPA Poole-WilsonUniversité Paris-Est Créteil GSG.C. SuttonHillingdon Hospital

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Implication

High HF admission mortality warrants clinical vigilance; leaves open optimal interventions in district hospitals.

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Population

140 patients admitted with heart failure to a district general hospital in North-West London over a six-month period (out of 2,877 total medical and geriatric admissions).

Outcome

Frequency, clinical characteristics, and outcome (mortality) of heart failure admissionshard clinical

Heart failure admissions to a district general hospital carry a poor prognosis, with a 30% in-hospital mortality rate and an additional 14% mortality at one year.

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Parameshwar et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a158799d64fa333899fc685 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-8819(25)01190-0

Topics

Heart failure HFrEF treatment Hypertension management Valvular heart disease Congenital heart disease adults

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Heart Failure in a District General Hospital

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Heart Failure in a District General Hospital

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