Diabetes, quality of care, and in-hospital outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure.
BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is frequently comorbid with heart failure (HF). It is unclear if comorbid diabetes is associated with quality of care and in-hospital mortality. METHODS: We analyzed 133,971 HF admissions from 431 hospitals between January 2005 and January 2010 comparing patients with and without diabetes. RESULTS: There were 54,352 (41%) patients hospitalized with HF with a history or newly diagnosed diabetes. After adjustment, patients with diabetes were as likely as patients without diabetes to appropriately receive the composite of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker and β-blockers (odds ratio [OR] 0.99, 95% CI 0.94-1.04), angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker (OR 0.98, 95% CI 0.92-1.05), evidence-based β-blockers (OR 1.04, 95% CI 0.98-1.1), and hydralazine/nitrates (OR 1.09, 95% CI 0.99-1.2). However, patients with diabetes were less likely to receive smoking cessation counseling (OR 0.89, 95% CI 0.81-0.98) and blood pressure control (OR 0.81, 95% CI 0.78-0.84) and to attain the all-or-none composite measure (OR 0.96, 95% CI 0.93-0.99). Patients with diabetes were more likely to receive an aldosterone antagonist for reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (OR 1.05, 95% CI 1.00-1.11), lipid-lowering agent (OR 1.33, 95% CI 1.26-1.41), and influenza vaccination (OR 1.05, 95% CI 1.01-1.09). Diabetes was independently associated with longer hospital stay but not within-hospital mortality. CONCLUSIONS: With few exceptions, the application of evidence-based care and in-hospital outcomes were similar whether or not diabetes was present in this large contemporary cohort of patients hospitalized with HF.
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Quality of Health Care
- Prospective Studies
- Male
- Inpatients
- Incidence
- Humans
- Hospital Mortality
- Heart Failure
- Female