2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.04.006
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Health outcomes in decompensated congestive heart failure: a comparison of tertiary hospitals in Brazil and United States

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“…The hospitalization time is longer than that reported in other studies [13][14][15] . It is described that, in general, patients are hospitalized for four to five days to compensate, when the HF condition is not severe, and around nine days for the most severe ones [13][14][15] .…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 54%
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“…The hospitalization time is longer than that reported in other studies [13][14][15] . It is described that, in general, patients are hospitalized for four to five days to compensate, when the HF condition is not severe, and around nine days for the most severe ones [13][14][15] .…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 54%
“…When analyzing the three groups, we observed that the patients remained hospitalized for about 13 days after discontinuation of inotropic. If we reduce those 13 days from the total hospitalization time, we can verify that the remaining time does not differ from those described in the Brazilian hospitals 12,14,15 .…”
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confidence: 81%
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“…Another interesting data regards the average age of the patients, which is lower than the average described in international literature, data that was also observed in HF decompensation. In the study comparing results from HF treatment among tertiary hospitals in Brazil and the United States (15) , Brazilians with HF also had lower average ages.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…National and international studies (15,4) have evidenced the under-utilization of ACEI. Therefore, almost ten years after the indication of the use of ACEI, it can be verified that many patients still lack the benefits of using the two only drugs that, until now, are proven to change the course of HF evolution.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%