Emergency department use and hospital admissions among adult orthotopic heart transplant patients.

Suveenkrishna PothuruWan-Chi ChanAmandeep GoyalTarun DaliaIoannis MastorisAndrew SauerKamal GuptaCharles B PorterZubair Shah

Published in: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open (2022)

More than half of total ED visits among HT patients resulted in hospital admission. The most common cause for ED visit in these patients was sepsis followed by acute kidney injury and chest pain.

Keyphrases

emergency department
end stage renal disease
acute kidney injury
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
heart failure
healthcare
cardiac surgery
patient reported outcomes
atrial fibrillation
electronic health record
septic shock