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Table 4 Main causes of hospital readmission in 1-year follow-up

From: Outcomes of early post-discharge cardio-geriatric care in frail patients after acute heart failure: a before-and-after study

Diagnosis

Overall, N = 320

UC, N = 256

CG, N = 64

p-value

ADHF (%)

111 (34.6)

87 (33.9)

24 (37.5)

0.59

Respiratory Diseases (%)

48 (15)

38 (14.8)

10 (15.6)

0.87

 

COPD exacerbation (%)

10 (20.8)

9 (23.6)

1 (10)

 

Pneumonia (%)

18 (37.5)

12 (31.5)

6 (60)

Aspiration pneumonia (%)

3 (6.2)

3 (7.8)

0 (0)

Other (%)

17 (35.4)

14 (36.8)

3 (30)

Infective Diseases (%)

36 (11.2)

30 (11.7)

6 (9.3)

0.59

 

Sepsis (%)

18 (50)

15 (50)

3 (50)

 

UTI (%)

11 (30.5)

9 (30)

2 (33.3)

Other (%)

7 (19.4)

6 (20)

1 (16.6)

Neurological Diseases (%)

24 (7.5)

18 (7)

6 (9.3)

0.52

 

Ischemic Stroke (%)

14 (58.3)

10 (55.5)

4 (66.6)

 

Delirium (%)

10 (41.6)

8 (44.4)

2 (33.3)

CV Diseases (%)

21 (6.5)

17 (6.6)

4 (6.2)

0.91

Cancer (%)

14 (4.3)

11 (4.2)

3 (4.6)

0.89

AKI (%)

12 (3.7)

12 (4.6)

0 (0)

0.07

GI Diseases (%)

11 (3.4)

9 (3.5)

2 (3.1)

0.87

Fractures (%)

8 (2.5)

7 (2.7)

1 (1.5)

0.59

Electrolyte Imbalances (%)

5 (1.5)

5 (1.9)

0 (0)

0.26

Anemia (%)

5 (1.5)

2 (0.7)

3 (4.6)

0.02

Other (%)

25 (7.8)

20 (7.8)

5 (7.8)

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  1. Abbrevations: UC Usual Care population, CG Cardio-Geriatric population, ADHF Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, UTI Urinary Tract Infection, GI Gastro-Intestinal Diseases, CV Cardio-vascular diseases, AKI Acute Kidney Injury