The top tertile of hematocrit change during hospitalization is associated with lower risk of mortality in acute heart failure patients

• Main Authors: Zhou, H, Xu, T, Huang, Y, Zhan, Q, Huang, X, Zeng, Q, Xu, D
• Other Authors: PHYSICS
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: amino terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide; acute heart failure; aged; all cause mortality; Article; controlled study; female; heart left ventricle ejection fraction; hematocrit; hemoconcentration; hemodilution; hospital patient; human; major clinical study; male; New York Heart Association class; observational study; priority journal; prognosis; retrospective study; survival rate; acute disease; blood; cause of death; chi square distribution; erythrocyte; heart failure; hospital admission; hospital discharge; hospitalization; Kaplan Meier method; middle aged; mortality; multivariate analysis; predictive value; procedures; proportional hazards model; risk assessment; risk factor; time factor; very elderly; Acute Disease; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cause of Death; Chi-Square Distribution; Erythrocytes; Female; Heart Failure; Hematocrit; Hemodilution; Hospitalization; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Patient Admission; Patient Discharge; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Time Factors
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181249
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s12872-017-0669-0