Key result
Post-discharge management of heart failure patients was inadequate, with 47.1% of patients lost to follow-up and those attending their first medical visit doing so after an average of 66.5 days.
Why the study?
Post-discharge management of heart failure patients significantly impacts outcomes, prompting this evaluation of clinical findings and management at the first post-discharge medical visit.
Design
Single-center retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study
Authors
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Highlights post-discharge HF care gaps in this cohort; hypothesis-generating for strategies to improve follow-up in similar settings.
Cross-Sectional (n=308)
No
Post-discharge management of heart failure patients in this single-center African cohort was inadequate, with nearly half of patients lost to follow-up and significantly delayed first medical visits.
Sall et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure (n=308). Post-discharge management was evaluated on Lost to follow-up at first medical visit. Post-discharge management of heart failure patients was inadequate, with 47.1% of patients lost to follow-up and those attending their first medical visit doing so after an average of 66.5 days.
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