Table 2.
Participants’ demographics and clinical characteristics when discharged and 30 days later at the outpatient clinic (N=10).
| Characteristics of participants | Discharge | Outpatient clinic | |||
| Age (years), mean (range) | 64.5 (37-85) | —a | |||
| Gender, n | |||||
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Male | 9 | — | ||
| Education, n | |||||
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Less than high school | 1 | — | ||
| Informal caregiver at home (help with lung impedance measurement), n | |||||
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Spouse | 7 | — | ||
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Grown children | 2 | — | ||
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Nurse | 1 | — | ||
| Work status, n | |||||
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Full time | 3 | — | ||
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Retired, disability pension | 7 | — | ||
| HFb diagnosis, n | |||||
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Ischemic HF | 7 | — | ||
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Dilated | 3 | — | ||
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HF >1 year | 7 | — | ||
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HF <1 year | 3 | — | ||
| New York Heart Associations classes, n | |||||
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II | 0 | 3 | ||
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III | 8 | 6 | ||
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IV | 2 | 1 | ||
| Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, n | 3 | 3 | |||
| Cardiac resynchronization therapy with pacemaker or defibrillation, n | 3 | 3 | |||
| Jugular venous pressure, n | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ankle swelling, n | 5 | 2 | |||
| Systolic BPc (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 113.3 (17.5) | 119.2 (19.7) | |||
| Diastolic BP (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 74.7 (13.8) | 77.9 (12.4) | |||
| Heart rate, mean (SD) | 76.5 (13.6) | 75.3 (12.0) | |||
| HF medication, n | |||||
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers | 9 | 10 | ||
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Beta blockers | 9 | 9 | ||
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Loop diuretics | 10 | 10 | ||
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Thiazides diuretics | 1 | 1 | ||
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Mineralocorticoid antagonist | 7 | 5 | ||
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Ivabradine | 1 | 2 | ||
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Nitrates | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, n | |||||
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No comorbidity | 2 | — | ||
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Low (1-2) | 3 | — | ||
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Medium (3-4) | 5 | — | ||
| Blood values, mean (SD) | |||||
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Hemoglobin, g/dL (reference: 13.4-17.0) | 14.7 (1.7) | 14.6 (1.1) | ||
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Creatinine, mmol/L (reference: 60-105) | 104.3 (23.7) | 122.2 (59.4) | ||
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N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide, pg/mL | 2200 (1408) | 2910 (2788) | ||
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Estimate of glomerular filtration rate, mL/min/1.73m2 | 66.3 (19.3) | — | ||
aNumber same at discharge and 30 days later at the outpatient clinic.
bHF: heart failure.
cBP: blood pressure.