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The Burden and Contributing Factors of Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Among Acute Heart Failure Patients Admitted to Tertiary Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia.

Natanim DegefuAbera JamboShambel NigusseMesay Dechasa GudetaTigist GashawMelaku Getachew
Published in: Open access emergency medicine : OAEM (2023)
Nearly half of the patients with AHF had cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Being a rural dweller, cigarette smoking, comorbidities, and underlying cardiac illness were significantly associated with the development of cardiogenic pulmonary edema in patients with AHF.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • acute heart failure
  • south africa
  • heart failure
  • left ventricular
  • atrial fibrillation