Table 3.

Prospectively collected data available for simulations from STRATIFY and DECIDE

Category	Variables
Baseline variables collected
Demographics	Age, gender, race, marital status, insurance status, time of presentation
Past medical history	Anemia, angina, cerebral vascular accident/stroke, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, cancer, liver disease, renal disease, lung disease, diabetes, heart failure, heart valve prosthesis, aortic stenosis, MR, AI, myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular disease, permanent pacemaker, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, psychiatric disease, seizure, syncope, transient ischemic attack
Past heart failure history	Number of heart failure hospitalizations in last 6 months, ejection fraction in the last year
Medication-related	Recent medication changes, self-reported medication adherence
Social history	Smoking history, employment status, cocaine use, alcohol use
ED history	Chest pain, dyspnea, fatigue, new-onset CHF, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
ED physical examination	Altered mental status, cyanosis, diastolic blood pressure, hepatojugular reflex, jugular venous distension, murmur, oxygen saturation (and percent FI02), peripheral edema, pulse, respiratory rate S3, S4, systolic blood pressure, rales
Electrocardiography	Rate, rhythm, ST-segment deviation, T-wave inversion, left bundle branch block, right bundle branch block, pathological Q-waves, ECG diagnostic category*
Laboratory	PaO2, PaCO2, arterial pH, AST, ALT, b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels, blood urea nitrogen, creatine kinase, CK-MB, calcium, creatinine, bilirubin (total and direct), hematocrit, hemoglobin, glucose, potassium, sodium, troponin I, white blood cell count
Radiographic	Cardiomegaly, effusion, pulmonary vascular congestion, interstitial edema, pulmonary edema, infiltrate, pneumothorax
Variables collected throughout hospitalization
Physical examination	Altered mental status, cyanosis, diastolic BP, hepatojugular reflex, JVD, murmur, O2 saturation (and percent FI02), peripheral edema, pulse, respiratory rate, S3, S4, systolic BP, rales
Medications	Home use and dose of heart failure medications, ED and hospital AHFS medications and dose
Laboratory	PO2, PCO2, arterial/venous pH, AST, ALT, BNP levels, blood urea nitrogen, creatine kinase, CK-MB, calcium, creatinine, bilirubin (total and direct), hematocrit, hemoglobin, glucose, potassium, sodium, troponin, white blood cell count
Radiographic	Cardiomegaly, effusion, pulmonary vascular congestion, interstitial edema, pulmonary edema, infiltrate, pneumothorax
Other	Electronic heart sounds (S3 or S4), patient self-reported symptom improvement, urine output
Outcomes assessed
	Panel of cardiologists determined: 5-day and 30-day: Death, cardiac events, intubation, CPR, defibrillation, emergent dialysis