P252 PROTOCOL FOR TELEHEALTH MANAGEMENT AND STRATIFICATION RISK OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE DURING THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC: A MID–TERM PROGNOSTIC EVALUTATION BY TELEHFCOVID–19 SCORE
Autor: | F Verga, F Orso, A Herbst, V Camartini, S Virciglio, G D‘Errico, C Salucci, M Di Bari, N Marchionni, A Ungar, F Fattirolli, S Baldasseroni |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Zdroj: | European Heart Journal Supplements. 24 |
ISSN: | 1554-2815 1520-765X |
DOI: | 10.1093/eurheartj/suac012.244 |
Popis: | Introduction The Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19) pandemic and its consequences has forced physicians to develop telematic methods in order to follow up patients with cronic diseases, such as heart failure (HF). Objectives To evaluate TeleHFCovid–19 score as a mid–term (six months) prognostic score in terms of prediction of hospitalitazion and cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic HF during Covid–19 pandemic. Methods During COVID–19 pandemic (from March 2020 to May 2020), we were forced to cancel nearly all follow–up checks in our HF outpatient clinic. We hence standardized a telephone follow–up by developing a questionnaire (Fig. 1) from which we then obtained a score, later called the “TeleHFCovid–19 score” (0–29). This score stratified patients in three risk score groups: green (0–3), yellow (4–8), and red (≥9), for which the next telefonic evaluation was planned after 4, 2 and 1 weeks, respectively. Results 146 patients were enrolled: 112 were classified as green, 21 as yellow and 13 as red. Mean age was 81 years, females were 40%. Approximately one third had EF Conclusions The TeleHFCovid–19 score was able to correctly identify patients with good outcomes at six months. Furthermore, it has the ability to stratify the adverse event risk and this could represent a useful tool to appropriately schedule the reevaluation timing of these patients and to identify those who may need urgent hospital evaluation. |
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