Short Stay Unit vs Hospitalization in Acute Heart Failure
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-03-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The majority of the over one million annual AHF hospitalizations originate from the emergency
department. Admitting and re-admitting lower risk AHF patients who don't need prolonged
hospitalization may increase their risk for poor outcomes and decrease their quality of life:
Safe alternatives to hospitalization from the ED are needed. We propose a strategy-of-care,
short stay unit management of AHF (i.e. less than 24 hours), will lead to improved outcomes
for lower risk AHF patients.