Table 3.

Patient hospital course.

			HFpEF only (N = 305)	No HFpEF and no HFrEF (N = 787)
			Mean ± SD		p-value
IV fluids (L)	IV fluid given during the first 6 h		1.94 ± 1.74	2.41 ± 1.82	<0.0001
	IV fluid given in the first 24 h		3.11 ± 2.23	3.54 ± 2.19	0.004
LOS	LOS in the ED (h)	Overall	15.77 ± 18.86	16.66 ± 21.93	0.533
		Survivors	15.46 ± 18.71	16.66 ± 21.94	0.40
		Non-survivors	29.16 ± 21.71	17.61 ± 22.68	0.47
	Total hospital LOS (h)	Overall	349.98 ± 391.15	392.64 ± 581.29	0.238
		Survivors	257.78 ± 256.94	317.36 ± 457.21	0.03
		Non-survivors	484.58 ± 500.76	518.87 ± 727.95	0.63
			N (%)		p-value
Medication used	Norepinephrine given in the first 24 h		95 (31.1)	207 (26.3)	0.108
	Dopamine given in the first 24 h		7 (2.3)	9 (1.1)	0.155
	Epinephrine given in the first 24 h		6 (2.0)	22 (2.8)	0.437
	Dobutamine given in the first 24 h		2 (0.7)	7 (0.9)	1.00
	Steroids given in the first 24 h		71 (23.4)	142 (18.1)	0.048
Admission	Admitted to the GPU		201 (66.1)	503 (64.2)	0.561
	Admitted to the ICU		166 (54.6)	413 (52.7)	0.568
Intubation	Intubation in the first 24 h		58 (19.1)	118 (15.1)	0.104
	Intubation in the first 48 h		53 (17.5)	70 (8.9)	<0.0001
Mortality in the ED			7 (2.4)	3 (0.4)	0.003
In hospital mortality			124 (40.7)	294 (37.4)	0.314

ED, emergency department; GPU, general practitioner unit; h: hours; HFpEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; ICU, intensive care unit; IV, intravenous; L, liters; LOS, length of stay; SD, standard deviation.