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Treatment outcome and its predictors among patients of acute heart failure at a tertiary care hospital in Ethiopia: a prospective observational study.

Mulubirhan TirfeTeshome NediDesalew MekonnenAlemseged Beyene Berha
Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2020)
High in-hospital mortality was observed among acute heart failure patients admitted to a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ethiopia. Smoking, diabetes mellitus, pulmonary hypertension and the presence of adverse drug events were predictors of in-hospital mortality.
Keyphrases
  • acute heart failure
  • adverse drug
  • heart failure
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • electronic health record
  • emergency department
  • pulmonary artery
  • smoking cessation
  • type diabetes
  • drug induced
  • glycemic control