Mortality of heart failure in patients who attended the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Specialty Hospital during the period 2021-2022

Abstract

Introduction: Heart failure is considered a growing pandemic. Numerous risk factors are associated with its mortality, such as sex, age, arterial hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. Objective: To determine the mortality rate of heart failure in patients who attended the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Specialty Hospital during the period 2021 - 2022. Materials and Methods: This is an observational, descriptive, retrospective, and cross-sectional study conducted on patients with heart failure treated at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Specialty Hospital during the period 2021 - 2022. The information was obtained through the review of medical records in the AS400 system. Results: Out of 168 patients studied, 63 died, representing 37.5%. The age group with the highest mortality was the elderly with 56 individuals, accounting for 88.8%, and the most affected sex was male, with 42 patients, representing 66.7%. The only significant risk factor associated with mortality in this pathology was anemia, with a total of 91 patients, of whom 39 died. Conclusions: The mortality rate of heart failure in this study is 37.5%, with a greater impact on the elderly age group and the male sex. This and other analyzed variables, such as arterial hypertension, were not significant, unlike anemia.