The FAST-FURO study: effect of very early administration of intravenous furosemide in the prehospital setting to patients with acute heart failure attending the emergency department


Por: Miró Ò, Harjola P, Rossello X, Gil V, Jacob J, Llorens P, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Herrero P, Martínez-Nadal G, Aguiló S, López-Grima ML, Fuentes M, Álvarez Pérez JM, Rodríguez-Adrada E, Mir M, Tost J, Llauger L, Ruschitzka F, Harjola VP, Mullens W, Masip J, Chioncel O, Peacock WF, Müller C, Mebazaa A and ICA-SEMES Research Group

Publicada: 1 may 2021 Ahead of Print: 1 ene 2021
Resumen:
Aims The effect of early administration of intravenous (IV) furosemide in the emergency department (ED) on short-term outcomes of acute heart failure (AHF) patients remains controversial, with one recent Japanese study reporting a decrease of in-hospital mortality and one Korean study reporting a lack of clinical benefit. Both studies excluded patients receiving prehospital IV furosemide and only included patients requiring hospitalization. To assess the impact on short-term outcomes of early IV furosemide administration by emergency medical services (EMS) before patient arrival to the ED. Methods and results In a secondary analysis of the Epidemiology of Acute Heart Failure in Emergency Departments (EAHFE) registry of consecutive AHF patients admitted to Spanish EDs, patients treated with IV furosemide at the ED were classified according to whether they received IV furosemide from the EMS (FAST-FURO group) or not (CONTROL group). In-hospital all-cause mortality, 30-day all-cause mortality, and prolonged hospitalization (>10 days) were assessed. We included 12 595 patients (FAST-FURO = 683; CONTROL = 11 912): 968 died during index hospitalization [7.7%; FAST-FURO = 10.3% vs. CONTROL=7.5%; odds ratio (OR) = 1.403, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 1.085-1.813; P = 0.009], 1269 died during the first 30 days (10.2%; FAST-FURO = 13.4% vs. CONTROL = 9.9%; OR = 1.403, 95% CI = 1.146-1.764; P = 0.004), and 2844 had prolonged hospitalization (22.8%; FAST-FURO = 25.8% vs. CONTROL = 22.6%; OR = 1.189, 95% CI = 0.995-1.419; P = 0.056). FAST-FURO group patients had more diabetes mellitus, ischaemic cardiomyopathy, peripheral artery disease, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and severe decompensations, and had a better New York Heart Association class and had less atrial fibrillation. After adjusting for these significant differences, early IV furosemide resulted in no impact on short-term outcomes: OR = 1.080 (95% CI = 0.817-1.427) for in-hospital mortality, OR = 1.086 (95% CI = 0.845-1.396) for 30-day mortality, and OR = 1.095 (95% CI = 0.915-1.312) for prolonged hospitalization. Several sensitivity analyses, including analysis of 599 pairs of patients matched by propensity score, showed consistent findings. Conclusion Early IV furosemide during the prehospital phase was administered to the sickest patients, was not associated with changes in short-term mortality or length of hospitalization after adjustment for several confounders.

Filiaciones:
Miró Ò:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies" Research Group, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

 The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain

Harjola P:
 The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain

 Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Emergency Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Rossello X:
 The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain

 Cardiology Department & Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Gil V:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies" Research Group, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Jacob J:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

Llorens P:
 Emergency Department, Home Hospitalization and Short Stay Unit, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Martín-Sánchez FJ:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Herrero P:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Martínez-Nadal G:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies" Research Group, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

 The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain

Aguiló S:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, "Emergencies: Processes and Pathologies" Research Group, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain

Fuentes M:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Álvarez Pérez JM:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Rodríguez-Adrada E:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Rey Juan Carlos de Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

Mir M:
 Emergency Department, Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain

Tost J:
 Emergency Department, Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Llauger L:
 Emergency Department, Hospital de Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Ruschitzka F:
 UniversitätsSpital Zürich, University Heart Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Harjola VP:
 The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain

 Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Emergency Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Mullens W:
 Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, University Hasselt, Genk, Belgium

Masip J:
 The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain

 Cardiology Department, Hospital Sanitas CIMA, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Chioncel O:
 Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases 'Prof. C.C. Iliescu', University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania

Peacock WF:
 The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain

 Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Müller C:
 The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain

 Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Mebazaa A:
 The GREAT (Global REsearch in Acute cardiovascular conditions Team) Network, Madrid, Spain

 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, InsermU942-MASCOT, Saint Louis Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
ISSN: 20488734





EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-ACUTE CARDIOVASCULAR CARE
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SAGE Publications Ltd, 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 10 Número: 5
Páginas: 487-496
WOS Id: 000672802700004
ID de PubMed: 33580790
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