Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Jan 2021
Frequency, profile and results of patients with acute heart failure transferred directly to home hospitalisation from emergency departments.
To describe the frequency, clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute heart failure (AHF) transferred directly from emergency departments to home hospitalisation (HH) and to compare them with those hospitalised in internal medicine (IM) or short-stay units (SSU). ⋯ Direct transfer from the emergency department to HH is infrequent despite being a safe option for a certain patient profile with AHF.