Abstracts by key term: Hospitalisierung
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with heart failure (HF). This multicenter cross-sectional study was based on data from HF patients from fourteen hospitals across Germany. A total of 19,288 inpatients (15,431 patients) were included (mean age: 79.4 years, 49.9% female). Mortality was 9.7%, increasing from 4.2% in the age group ≤65 years to 15.1% in the age group >90 years. Left heart failure with symptoms at rest, acute renal failure, respiratory failure, pneumonia, and pleural effusion were associated with an increased risk of death. Paradoxically, several chronic cardiovascular and metabolic diseases—including hypertensive heart disease, essential hypertension, pulmonary heart disease, obesity, dyslipidemia, and diabetes—were associated with a lower risk of death as secondary diagnoses. While our study provides a comprehensive snapshot of in-hospital mortality in HF patients, it also highlights the need for further studies to better understand the complex interplay of various risk factors.