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October 31, 2009Circulation Heart FailureOpen Access

The Development of a Simple Risk Score to Predict Early Outcome in Severe Acute Acidotic Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema

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Why the study?

Does a simple clinical score based on age, systolic blood pressure, and ability to obey commands predict 7-day mortality in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema?

Population

1069 patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema, mean age 78+/-10 years, 43% men.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

7 days

Authors

AGAlasdair GrayCardiac ImagingSGSteve GoodacreUppsala UniversityJNJon NichollUniversity of Sheffield

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Overview

Supports bedside risk stratification in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema; leaves open external validation before clinical adoption.

Structured PICO

Does a simple clinical score based on age, systolic blood pressure, and ability to obey commands predict 7-day mortality in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema?

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Population
1069 patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema, mean age 78+/-10 years, 43% men.
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Intervention
A simple clinical risk score based on age, systolic blood pressure, and ability to obey commands.
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Outcome
7-day mortalityhard clinical

A simple clinical score using age, systolic blood pressure, and ability to obey commands accurately predicts 7-day mortality in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema.

Cite This Study

Gray et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bd22f69a4af5b15a90deahttps://doi.org/10.1161/circheartfailure.108.820183
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