• J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Feb 2024

    Evaluation of the Blood Urea Nitrogen-to-Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Ratio in Predicting Mortality in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Heart Failure Symptoms.

    • Abuzer Ozkan, Hatice Seyma Akca, Serdar Ozdemir, and Serkan Emre Eroglu.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkiye.
    • J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2024 Feb 1; 34 (2): 238240238-240.

    AbstractHeart failure is a clinical syndrome. In this study, the significance of the blood urea nitrogen-to-left ventricular ejection fraction (BUNLVEF) ratio in predicting short-term mortality in patients with heart failure symptoms was evaluated. This retrospectively designed study was conducted by evaluating the records of patients with a history of heart failure who presented to the emergency department with heart failure symptoms and signs from 01 January 2018 to 01 January 2020. One hundred and seventy-three patients were included in the sample within the last six months presented to the emergency department with the symptoms of acute heart failure. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and the BUNLVEF ratio had a significant relationship with mortality (p=0.004 and <0.010, respectively). In patients with a known history of heart failure presenting to the emergency department with heart failure symptoms, it would be more appropriate to evaluate poor outcomes with the BUNLVEF ratio rather than the LVEF or BUN value alone. Key Words: Blood urea nitrogen, Prognosis, Left ventricular dysfunction.

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