PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vinall, Phil
ED  - Miró, Òscar
TI  - Precipitants of ADHF Affect 90-Day Outcome
DP  - 2014  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 13--14
VI  - 14
IP  - 42
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/42/13.2.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/42/13.2.full
AB  - Patients with acute decompensated heart failure are frequently treated in the emergency department prior to being admitted to the hospital. This article discusses data from the PAPRICA-2 study showing that, in almost 75% of these patients, it is possible to identify =1 precipitant of the decompensation, and these factors can be used to predict mortality risk and the probability of ED readmission.