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Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with a criterion standard diagnosis of heart failure (n = 173) stratified by ED diagnosis of heart failure.

From: Clinical characteristics of emergency department heart failure patients initially diagnosed as non-heart failure

  

ED Diagnosis

P-value

  

Non-Primary HF N = 58

Primary HF N = 115

 

Age

 

66

(34–88)

70

(30–97)

0.318

Non-white

 

32

(55.2)

61

(53.0)

0.872

White

 

26

(44.8)

54

(47.0)

 

Male

 

32

(55.2)

61

(53.0)

0.872

Female

 

26

(44.8)

54

(47.0)

 

History of CHF

 

43

(74.1)

103

(89.6)

0.014

History of CAD

 

21

(36.2)

59

(51.3)

0.076

History of hypertension

 

47

(81.0)

85

(73.9)

0.347

History of valvular heart disease

 

22

(37.9)

60

(52.2)

0.106

History: cardiomyopathy

 

20

(34.5)

44

(38.3)

0.739

History of COPD

 

15

(25.9)

13

(11.3)

0.017

CHF admission in last 6 months

 

16

(27.6)

29

(25.4)

0.855

Prior EF <55%

 

11

(55.0)

22

(62.9)

0.582

Positive findings on CXR

 

47

(81.0)

89

(77.4)

0.696

Systolic blood pressure

 

144

(82–234)

152

(85–257)

0.915

Diastolic blood pressure

 

81

(39–140)

84

(40–167)

0.751

Heart rate

 

95

(52–158)

88

(44–142)

0.177

Respiration rate

 

20

(12–44)

22

(12–52)

0.481

Oxygen saturation

 

95

(72–100)

96

(60–100)

0.959

Temperature

 

97.4

(95.4–101.1)

97.5

(695.0-101.2)

0.848

Symptoms of jugular venous distention

 

19

(33.3)

39

(33.9)

1.000

Symptoms of peripheral edema

 

35

(61.4)

74

(64.9)

0.736

Symptoms of dyspnea

 

54

(93.1)

112

(97.4)

0.226

Symptoms of orthopnea

 

38

(65.5)

73

(63.5)

0.867

Symptoms of proxysmal nocturnal dyspnea

 

22

(38.6)

43

(37.7)

1.000

LVH

 

16

(31.4)

34

(33.7)

0.856

QRS > 120 ms

 

15

(29.4)

38

(37.6)

0.370

Left Bundle Branch Block

 

1

(2.0)

8

(7.9)

0.273

Physician identified S3

 

8

(14.3)

22

(19.6)

0.522

Electronically detected S3

 

15

(34.1)

30

(33.7)

1.000

Median BNP

 

518

(5–5000)

764

(31.7–5000)

0.038

Ejection Fraction

Normal

4

(19.0)

9

(14.8)

0.059

 

Mild

9

(42.9)

18

(29.5)

 
 

Moderate

6

(28.6)

10

(16.4)

 
 

Severe

2

(9.5)

24

(39.3)