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15660299

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-20
pubmed:abstractText
We describe the age-specific outcomes for patients hospitalized with newly diagnosed congestive heart failure using administrative hospital abstracts from Alberta, Canada, from April 1, 1994, to March 31, 2000. Seniors (aged 65 years and older) constituted about 85 per cent of the 16,162 patients. Both co-morbidity and severity of illness tended to increase with age. The use of special care unit admissions, coronary artery diagnostic services (cardiac catheterization), and revascularization procedures (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty/stenting, coronary artery bypass surgery) peaked in the 50-to 64-year age group and decreased with increasing age. Specialist/sub-specialist care, prescriptions of beta blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors / angiotensin receptor blockers decreased with age in seniors. Adjusted in-hospital, 1-year mortality and crude, age-specific 5-year mortality were significantly greater in those 75 years and older. Outcomes and process of care in patients with newly diagnosed congestive heart failure were not uniformly distributed with age. The elderly had greater mortality but received less therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0714-9808
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
255-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of age upon care and outcomes in patients hospitalized for congestive heart failure in Alberta, Canada.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Division of Cardiology, 2C2.39 WMC, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7. Bibiana.Cujec@ualberta.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article