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Tesi etd-10242022-091831


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di specializzazione (4 anni)
Autore
MAZZARONE, TESSA
URN
etd-10242022-091831
Titolo
The importance of a geriatric follow-up in elderly patients hospitalized for acute heart failure. Before-and-after study.
Dipartimento
MEDICINA CLINICA E SPERIMENTALE
Corso di studi
GERIATRIA
Relatori
relatore Prof. Monzani, Fabio
correlatore Dott. Okoye, Chukwuma
Parole chiave
  • follow up
  • heart failure
  • old patients
Data inizio appello
08/11/2022
Consultabilità
Non consultabile
Data di rilascio
08/11/2092
Riassunto
Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and causes high health-care-related costs, posing a great burden on both patient and society. Despite improvements in heart failure therapies over the past two decades, risk of mortality remains high, and this is particularly true in the first month after discharge. After the initial diagnosis, HF patients are hospitalized once every year on average. The aim of the study is to evaluate main causes of readmission in patients hospitalized for acute HF (HF relapse or "other causes"). Secondly, we want to verify clinical differences between patients who are re-hospitalized for HF and the ones who are re-hospitalized for “other causes”, defining reciprocal independent predictors. Finally we want to prove the beneficial effect of a geriatric follow up for outpatients in terms of mortality and readmission.
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