title: Usefulness of anemia as a predictor of death and rehospitalization in patients with decompensated heart failure.
abstract: We investigated the prevalence of anemia and its relation to clinical events in patients with decompensated heart failure enrolled in the OPTIME-CHF study. Our data demonstrate that anemia is common in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure and is associated with a greater number of co-morbid conditions. Lower baseline hemoglobin is associated with risk of short-term adverse clinical outcomes in this population, even after controlling for other baseline differences.
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina 27715, USA. felke001@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: G Michael
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Felker
authors.forename: Wendy A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Gattis
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Leimberger
authors.forename: Kirkwood F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cuffe
authors.forename: Mihai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gheorghiade
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020105:Milrinone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D006454:Hemoglobins; D020105:Milrinone