Prevalence of Anemia in Patients with Heart Failure

Cavalini, Worens Luiz Pereira; Ceulemans, Nico; Correa, Ramón; Padoani, Patrick Willian; Delfrate, Edson Felipe Grudinski; Maluf, Eliane Mara Cesário Pereira

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“…Accordingly, the prevalence of anemia increases with severity of the heart failure [28]. On the other hand, Worens Luiz reported the prevalence of anemia in the study population to be 41.0% [29]; Lindenfeld reported that anemia is consistently associated with poorer survival in all patient populations [30]. The high prevalence of anemia in our current study may be related to NYHA or Ross class IV severity grading.…”

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Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia

Gebremariam

Moges

2016

Cardiology Research and Practice

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Introduction. Causes of acute heart failure in children range from simple myocarditis complicating chest infection to complex structural heart diseases. Objective. To describe patterns, predictors of mortality, and management outcomes of acute heart failure in children. Methods. In retrospective review, between February 2012 and October 2015 at a tertiary center, 106 admitted cases were selected consecutively from discharge records. Data were extracted from patients chart and analyzed using SPSS software package. t-test and statistical significance at P value < 0.05 with 95% CI were used. Result. Acute heart failure accounted for 2.9% of the total pediatric admissions. The age ranged from 2 months up to 14 years with mean age of 8 years. Male to female ratio is 1 : 2.1. Rheumatic heart disease accounted for 53.7%; pneumonia, anemia, infective endocarditis, and recurrence of acute rheumatic fever were the main precipitating causes. Death occurred in 19% of cases. Younger age at presentation, low hemoglobin concentration, and undernutrition were associated with death with P value of 0.00, 0.01, and 0.02, respectively. Conclusions and Recommendation. Pediatric heart failure in our settings is diagnosed mainly in older age groups and mostly precipitated due to preventable causes. Significant mortality is observed in relation to factors that can be preventable in children with underlying structural heart disease. Early suspicion and diagnosis of cases may reduce the observed high mortality.

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Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia

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Moges

2016

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“…Therefore, anemia is both a mediator and a marker of poor prognosis in HF [7]. In view of its progression and its aggravating tendency of the subject, to correlate anemia with mortality in patients with HF helps in the improvement of effective measures of treatment and stabilization of patients with known HF and makes it possible to elaborate intervention strategies for early diagnosis.…”

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Anemia as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients with Decompensated Heart Failure

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Aragão²,

Vasconcelos³

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Objective: To correlate the presence of anemia with mortality in hospitalized patients with decompensated HF (heart failure). Methods: A total of 148 patients hospitalized for HF compensation were analyzed from April 1 to December 31, 2017 in a tertiary referral hospital for cardiovascular diseases. The diagnosis of anemia was established according to the Brazilian Ministry of Health criteria, considering a serum hemoglobin value of < 13 g/dL for men and < 12 g/dL for women. Data were collected through medical and physical attendance records. Statistical analysis was performed using the Epi Info program, version 7.0 for Windows, with Student's t test for unpaired variables, Chi-square test and Fischer test. The significance of p < 0.05 was considered. Results: Of the 148 selected patients, 63.5% were male, 60.1% were over 65 years old, 50.74% were enrolled in the first grade, and 93.2% were self-declared white. The prevalence of anemia observed in the study population was 72 (56.25%), of which 49 (68%) were male and 23 (32%) were female. The mortality rate of the anemic patients was 19.4%, a total of 14 patients, whereas the non-anemic patients rate was 7.9%. It was observed that patients with worse outcome had hemoglobin < 12mg/dL (p = 0.045) and Functional Class (FC IV) by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) (p = 0.0001) at hospital admission. Conclusions: It is noticed that anemia is a frequent finding in patients with HF and that it interferes in the clinical manifestations, with worsening of the prognosis. Anemia treatment is not yet standarized in the HF approach, but patients without anemia appear to evolve with more favorable outcomes than anemia.

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Prevalence of Anemia in Patients with Heart Failure

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Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia

Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia

Anemia as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients with Decompensated Heart Failure

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