Precipitating factors leading to de compensation of chronic heart failure in the elderly patient

DR RAVIKANT PATIL; DR. ASHISH MAGDUM; DR AMIT JOSHI; DR ASHOK DESHPANDE

Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2016

Precipitating factors leading to de compensation of chronic heart failure in the elderly patient

Dr Ravikant Patil, Dr. Ashish Magdum, Dr Amit Joshi, Dr Ashok Deshpande

Abstract :

we aim at studying the precipitating factors which leads to de compensation and the admission of the patients with CHF The distribution and importance of various factors, especially the preventable ones, that contribute to cardiac decompensation and subsequent hospital admission for heart failure are studied . Early readmission of elderly patients with heart failure is common. 27% to 47% of patients within three to six months after initial discharge got admitted . Major reason for readmissions is the failure to take medicines and dietery deficiencies . We prospectively examined the relative importance of various precipitating factors, especially the preventable ones, which led to hospital admission of patients with decompensated chronic heart failure in our cardiology department at Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital Sangli.