Heart Failure Is a Risk Factor for Suffering and Dying of Clostridium difficile Infection. Results of a 15-Year Nationwide Study in Spain.

Manuel Méndez-BailónRodrigo Jiménez-GarcíaValentín Hernández-BarreraJavier de Miguel-DíezJosé M de Miguel-YanesNuria Muñoz-RivasNoel Lorenzo-VillalbaDavid Carabantes-AlarcónJosé J Zamorano-LeónPaloma Astasio-ArbizaPaloma Ortega-MolinaAna López-de-Andrés

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2020)

This research showed that incidence of CDI was higher in HF than non-HF patients. HF is a risk factor for IHM after suffering CDI.

Keyphrases

heart failure
acute heart failure
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
palliative care
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
risk factors
left ventricular
patient reported outcomes