Clinical risk prediction model for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or mortality in patients hospitalised with heart failure

Background: This study aimed to develop a risk prediction model (AUS-HF model) for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or death among patients admitted with acute heart failure (HF) to inform follow-up after hospitalisation. The model uses routinely collected measures at point of care. Methods: We a...

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Main Authors: Driscoll, A., Romaniuk, H., Dinh, D., Amerena, J., Brennan, A., Hare, D.L., Kaye, D., Lefkovits, J., Lockwood, S., Neil, C., Prior, D., Reid, Christopher, Orellana, L.
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1136372
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93775
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author Driscoll, A.
Romaniuk, H.
Dinh, D.
Amerena, J.
Brennan, A.
Hare, D.L.
Kaye, D.
Lefkovits, J.
Lockwood, S.
Neil, C.
Prior, D.
Reid, Christopher
Orellana, L.
author_facet Driscoll, A.
Romaniuk, H.
Dinh, D.
Amerena, J.
Brennan, A.
Hare, D.L.
Kaye, D.
Lefkovits, J.
Lockwood, S.
Neil, C.
Prior, D.
Reid, Christopher
Orellana, L.
author_sort Driscoll, A.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Background: This study aimed to develop a risk prediction model (AUS-HF model) for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or death among patients admitted with acute heart failure (HF) to inform follow-up after hospitalisation. The model uses routinely collected measures at point of care. Methods: We analyzed pooled individual-level data from two cohort studies on acute HF patients followed for 30-days after discharge in 17 hospitals in Victoria, Australia (2014–2017). A set of 58 candidate predictors, commonly recorded in electronic medical records (EMR) including demographic, medical and social measures were considered. We used backward stepwise selection and LASSO for model development, bootstrap for internal validation, C-statistic for discrimination, and calibration slopes and plots for model calibration. Results: The analysis included 1380 patients, 42.1% female, median age 78.7 years (interquartile range = 16.2), 60.0% experienced previous hospitalisation for HF and 333 (24.1%) were re-hospitalised or died within 30 days post-discharge. The final risk model included 10 variables (admission: eGFR, and prescription of anticoagulants and thiazide diuretics; discharge: length of stay>3 days, systolic BP, heart rate, sodium level (<135 mmol/L), >10 prescribed medications, prescription of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers, and anticoagulants prescription. The discrimination of the model was moderate (C-statistic = 0.684, 95%CI 0.653, 0.716; optimism estimate = 0.062) with good calibration. Conclusions: The AUS-HF model incorporating routinely collected point-of-care data from EMRs enables real-time risk estimation and can be easily implemented by clinicians. It can predict with moderate accuracy risk of 30-day hospitalisation or mortality and inform decisions around the intensity of follow-up after hospital discharge.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-937752024-01-09T07:55:58Z Clinical risk prediction model for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or mortality in patients hospitalised with heart failure Driscoll, A. Romaniuk, H. Dinh, D. Amerena, J. Brennan, A. Hare, D.L. Kaye, D. Lefkovits, J. Lockwood, S. Neil, C. Prior, D. Reid, Christopher Orellana, L. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems Cardiovascular System & Cardiology Heart failure Risk prediction model Re-hospitalisation Mortality READMISSION VALIDATION GUIDELINES DERIVATION DIAGNOSIS SCORE RULE Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems Cardiovascular System & Cardiology Heart failure Risk prediction model Re-hospitalisation Mortality READMISSION VALIDATION DERIVATION SCORE RULE Heart failure Mortality Re-hospitalisation Risk prediction model Aftercare Aged Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Female Heart Failure Hospitalization Humans Male Patient Discharge Humans Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Aftercare Hospitalization Patient Discharge Aged Female Male Heart Failure Background: This study aimed to develop a risk prediction model (AUS-HF model) for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or death among patients admitted with acute heart failure (HF) to inform follow-up after hospitalisation. The model uses routinely collected measures at point of care. Methods: We analyzed pooled individual-level data from two cohort studies on acute HF patients followed for 30-days after discharge in 17 hospitals in Victoria, Australia (2014–2017). A set of 58 candidate predictors, commonly recorded in electronic medical records (EMR) including demographic, medical and social measures were considered. We used backward stepwise selection and LASSO for model development, bootstrap for internal validation, C-statistic for discrimination, and calibration slopes and plots for model calibration. Results: The analysis included 1380 patients, 42.1% female, median age 78.7 years (interquartile range = 16.2), 60.0% experienced previous hospitalisation for HF and 333 (24.1%) were re-hospitalised or died within 30 days post-discharge. The final risk model included 10 variables (admission: eGFR, and prescription of anticoagulants and thiazide diuretics; discharge: length of stay>3 days, systolic BP, heart rate, sodium level (<135 mmol/L), >10 prescribed medications, prescription of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers, and anticoagulants prescription. The discrimination of the model was moderate (C-statistic = 0.684, 95%CI 0.653, 0.716; optimism estimate = 0.062) with good calibration. Conclusions: The AUS-HF model incorporating routinely collected point-of-care data from EMRs enables real-time risk estimation and can be easily implemented by clinicians. It can predict with moderate accuracy risk of 30-day hospitalisation or mortality and inform decisions around the intensity of follow-up after hospital discharge. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93775 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.12.051 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1136372 ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD restricted
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Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Heart failure
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Re-hospitalisation
Mortality
READMISSION
VALIDATION
GUIDELINES
DERIVATION
DIAGNOSIS
SCORE
RULE
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Heart failure
Risk prediction model
Re-hospitalisation
Mortality
READMISSION
VALIDATION
DERIVATION
SCORE
RULE
Heart failure
Mortality
Re-hospitalisation
Risk prediction model
Aftercare
Aged
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Female
Heart Failure
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Patient Discharge
Humans
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Hospitalization
Patient Discharge
Aged
Female
Male
Heart Failure
Driscoll, A.
Romaniuk, H.
Dinh, D.
Amerena, J.
Brennan, A.
Hare, D.L.
Kaye, D.
Lefkovits, J.
Lockwood, S.
Neil, C.
Prior, D.
Reid, Christopher
Orellana, L.
Clinical risk prediction model for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or mortality in patients hospitalised with heart failure
title Clinical risk prediction model for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or mortality in patients hospitalised with heart failure
title_full Clinical risk prediction model for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or mortality in patients hospitalised with heart failure
title_fullStr Clinical risk prediction model for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or mortality in patients hospitalised with heart failure
title_full_unstemmed Clinical risk prediction model for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or mortality in patients hospitalised with heart failure
title_short Clinical risk prediction model for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or mortality in patients hospitalised with heart failure
title_sort clinical risk prediction model for 30-day all-cause re-hospitalisation or mortality in patients hospitalised with heart failure
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Heart failure
Risk prediction model
Re-hospitalisation
Mortality
READMISSION
VALIDATION
GUIDELINES
DERIVATION
DIAGNOSIS
SCORE
RULE
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Heart failure
Risk prediction model
Re-hospitalisation
Mortality
READMISSION
VALIDATION
DERIVATION
SCORE
RULE
Heart failure
Mortality
Re-hospitalisation
Risk prediction model
Aftercare
Aged
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Female
Heart Failure
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Patient Discharge
Humans
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Aftercare
Hospitalization
Patient Discharge
Aged
Female
Male
Heart Failure
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1136372
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93775