Òscar Miró|Philip Levy|Martin Möckel|Peter S. Pang|Ekaterini Lambrinou|Héctor Bueno|Judd E. Hollander|Veli Pekka Harjola|Deborah B. Diercks|Alasdair Gray|Salvatore DiSomma|AnnMarie Papa|Sean P. Collins
Disposition of emergency department patients diagnosed with acute heart failure: an international emergency medicine perspective
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona|Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer|GTx (United States)|Wayne State University|Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin|Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis|Cyprus University of Technology|Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre|Universidad Complutense de Madrid|Thomas Jefferson University|Helsinki University Hospital|The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center|Edinburgh Royal Infirmary|University of Edinburgh|Einstein Medical Center Montgomery|Vanderbilt University
many patients acute heart failure initially managed emergency departments eds worldwide although require hospitalization management likely sizeable proportion could safely discharged either directly ed extended period management observationtype unit identification lowrisk patients safe approach management continues global unmet need driven part lack clarity postdischarge outcomes lower risk patients nonexistent consensus may acceptable event rates current paper reviews previous studies carried patients directly discharged ed suggests general disposition algorithm focuses discharge metrics based evidence expert opinion addition propose following variables considered future determination acceptable event rates baseline characteristics risk status patient b access followup c ed capability provide extended period observation discharge temporal relationship event ed discharge decision e type event experienced