Predicting In-Hospital Acute Heart Failure Worsening in the Oldest Old: Insights from Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Tessa Mazzarone, Virginia Morelli, Andrea Giusti, Maria Giovanna Bianco, Lorenzo Maccioni, Cristina Cargiolli, Daniela Guarino, Agostino Virdis, Chukwuma Okoye, Daniele Masarone, Filippo Luca Fimognari · 2023
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Tessa Mazzarone and co-authors test whether bedside ultrasound predicts which very old heart failure patients will worsen in hospital, in a 2023 study. Tracking the course of acute heart failure guides therapy. In the oldest patients, odd presentations make that tracking hard. Quick ultrasound at the bedside has helped judge breathlessness.
The single-center study enrolled patients aged seventy-five and up admitted with acute failure. All received full exams, blood tests, and ultrasound of lungs and heart. Of 184 patients, sixty worsened during the stay. The team asked which early signs foresaw that turn. Cheap bedside imaging could give frail elders closer watch and faster rescue.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tessa Mazzarone, Virginia Morelli, Andrea Giusti, Maria Giovanna Bianco, Lorenzo Maccioni, Cristina Cargiolli, Daniela Guarino, Agostino Virdis, Chukwuma Okoye, Daniele Masarone, Filippo Luca Fimognari |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |