Why the study?
Early and rapid risk stratification of acute heart failure patients is crucial for appropriate triage and outcome improvements, motivating the development of an easy-to-use in-hospital mortality risk prediction tool at initial presentation.
Does the SOB-ASAP score accurately predict in-hospital mortality in patients presenting with acute heart failure?
Population
4,351 derivation and 1,682 validation patients with acute heart failure
Design
Registry-based prediction model derivation and prospective validation study
Key result
The SOB-ASAP score, comprising six variables available at initial triage, demonstrated excellent discrimination for predicting in-hospital mortality in acute heart failure (c-statistic 0.82).
Authors
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May aid acute HF risk stratification; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Observational (n=6,033)
Yes
Does the SOB-ASAP score accurately predict in-hospital mortality in patients presenting with acute heart failure?
Effect estimate: c-statistic 0.82
The SOB-ASAP score is a simple, six-variable clinical tool that accurately predicts in-hospital mortality in patients presenting with acute heart failure, facilitating rapid triage and clinical decision-making.
Shiraishi et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Acute heart failure (n=6,033). SOB-ASAP score was evaluated on in-hospital mortality (c-statistic 0.82). The SOB-ASAP score, comprising six variables available at initial triage, demonstrated excellent discrimination for predicting in-hospital mortality in acute heart failure (c-statistic 0.82).